Introduce yourself!! :-)

[lcd]

Hello,

my name is Laszlo, and I'm from the same little country as DominionsFan:)
I'm an MD working on my PhD, so I don't have too much time playing games, but I play Dominions since the first version.
I just got my copy of Dom3, and I hope I will spend many happy hours with it after I finish writing my thesis:)

[DominionsFan]

lcd said:
Hello,

my name is Laszlo, and I'm from the same little country as DominionsFan:)
I'm an MD working on my PhD, so I don't have too much time playing games, but I play Dominions since the first version.
I just got my copy of Dom3, and I hope I will spend many happy hours with it after I finish writing my thesis:)



Hey, welcome on the boards László. :-)
If you can, come to the Dominions IRC channel -> #dominions on the gamesurge network, we set up blitz games there all the time [TCP/IP]. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Cironir]

I guess I'll join the party. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I'm Michael, 34, from Germany, have worked some years for gaming magazines and later switched to online community management/development (been doing this for over a decade now). A few years ago, Gandalf Parker's posts about Dominions on Usenet roused my curiosity about the game, but when I picked up D2 when it came out, I didn't have enough free time to dedicate to the game. Today I finally got my copy of D3, and I've spent most of the afternoon reading the manual and playing the tutorial -- and I can feel the addiction creeping all over me and my spare time already. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif So, hello to all of you!

[Gandalf Parker]

OCM? Ive done some of that on low levels. a couple decades of MUDs, and now Ultima Online free servers.

[Gargoyle711]

I'm a 48 yr old retail analyst from New York area. My start in gaming was with old Avalon Hill boardgames. Played and painted a lot of miniatures (ACW, WWII, Ancients and yes, Warhammer).

Dom3 has a real fantasy miniatures feel. The guys I played miniatures with would try to create campaigns to play out on strategic maps to generate tactical battles. This game is like the best version of that ever made. Now if only I could pick up the sprites in my hand, feel their weight and admire their paint jobs http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[DominionsFan]

Welcome lads! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[WVSeaBee]

I'm Doug... and feeling sort of like a member of AA...however.

Recently converted to Dom 3 from Dom 2. Typically play with Unwise and 1000 yd stare.

[Combat Wombat]

Hello, my name is JT and I am hardly a stranger on the Shrapnel forums so many of you might already know me. I spend most of my days in the realm of Space Empires though. I am 18 and currently going to college at Dakota State University. Just got Dominions 3 today and am installing it as I type.

[mac5732]

nice to see you here CW..

[Nerfix]

Welcome aboard!

[Azhur]

Hi

Visited these forums for the first time about 1,5 - 2 years ago, when I played Dom2 daily. Tried Dom3 and looks promising. It doesn't offer really anything new compared to Dom2, but then again IMO there never really were any big concerns.

[Endoperez]

Azhur said:
Hi

Visited these forums for the first time about 1,5 - 2 years ago, when I played Dom2 daily. Tried Dom3 and looks promising. It doesn't offer really anything new compared to Dom2, but then again IMO there never really were any big concerns.



Tervetuloa, tervetuloa! It seems we Finns have started our annual migration to the comfort of our computers.

[Lasu]

Endoperez said:
It seems we Finns have started our annual migration to the comfort of our computers.


http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
...it really is cold outside /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif
(I know it's going to get about 25ºC colder, but still.)

[Edi]

We have how many Finns here now?

*counts*

Right, time to overthrow the current administration here, lock JK and KO up someplace where they can dedicate all of their time to tweaking and improving Dom3 and...

Hey! What do you mean I get locked up with them and not getting out before you all have a comprehensive Dom3 database?! No way is-

*is dragged away*

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Anyway, welcome to all the new people here. Once I get the game and start cracking on the DB projects, I'll be the one you all can pester for trivia on units, sites, weapons and so forth. Will need to do a few Faerun maps as well...

Edi

[Azhur]

Lasu said:

Endoperez said:
It seems we Finns have started our annual migration to the comfort of our computers.


http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
...it really is cold outside /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif
(I know it's going to get about 25ºC colder, but still.)



I don't need to migrate, since I live in a symbiosis with my PC. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[DominionsFan]

Lasu said:

Endoperez said:
It seems we Finns have started our annual migration to the comfort of our computers.


http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
...it really is cold outside /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif
(I know it's going to get about 25ºC colder, but still.)



Finns are totally extreme, most of them are playing comp games I bet. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
I remember that in CoD or CS [FPS games] most of the players were from Finnland if we talk about Europe. They just play too much! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Morkilus]

Get that game, Edi! We miss you.

[Caduceus]

Combat Wombat - I don't think we'll see an Invasion mod for SE:V any time soon with you playing Dominions 3 all the time http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Fal]

Hi all,

Glad to meet you all. I'm 24 year old biochemist, currently live in London. Played Dominions 2 a while back during my studies (guess what I've been doing http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif). Loved it as it reminded me the old gaming days. Just ordered the D3 and can't wait to start playing, well, at least I have the demo for now.

[Sharpe111]

Hey all,

nice to meet you. I'm a 24 year old law student in Nashville, TN. Never played Dom before last week, but so far I am loving it.

[Endoperez]

Welcome, both of you. Now where's Gandalf when you need him? Hm, found it any way:


On Fri Sep 08 2006, Gandalf Parker said:
WARNING: this game is NOT suitable for students, interns, apprentices,
or anyone else who is expected to pass tests on a regular basis. Do not
think about Dominions strategys while operating heavy machinery. The
demo has built-in protections which should not be bypassed. They are for
your health as much as for monetary reasons. Do not begin on the full
version without first making arrangments for someone to check on you
daily. If you find that your game has continued for more than 36 hours
straight then you should consult a physician immeadiately (Do NOT show
him the game!)

[atul]

Endoperez said:
Now where's Gandalf when you need him? Hm, found it any way:



...brr, too true. A real life example for all of you who still hold to a delusion that the Gandalf's quote is just a joke:

I'm currently at work, on saturday, because I should have my master's work ready and finished by monday. And what do I do? Mostly I'm trying to figure out how in the hell my archers armed with mere daggers managed to kill several prot-30 Dai Onis in melee in my first Dom3 2-player MP. Not that I'd have any complains for the heroics of my sween man-eaters...

...oh well, should actually do something productive... :E

And there are a lot of Finns. Yet I haven't played against a countryman since Dom1 days, so maybe we aren't that numerous.

[Lord Hammer]

I'm back, just ordered Dom 3 from NWS Online...i loved Dominions 2 and am looking forward to this baby!

[Stryke11]

Just turned 26. I earn a living in marketing/marketing consulting in the North Bay Area, California, USA.

When I'm not playing computer games (not much into console games except Final Fantasy) I am a rabid fan of the California Golden Bears college football team (known as Cal), which was my alma mater, and who happen to be a top 10 BCS team this year, with a shot at winning the Pac-10 conference. I attend all the home games.

Been playing since Dom II. I'm a fan of the "good" (give or take) nations such as Pythium and Forges of Ulm (and now New Faith Ermor). I sometimes wish there was a clear Gondor-esque nation of "good" guys in Dom, but what makes the game great is the unique mythos, so maybe I should watch what I wish for. I admire the series for it's complexity, and am ok with the dated graphics, but wouldn't mind an awesome cgi intro showing five or six of the nations battling/sieging/doing what they do. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I'm loving DomIII so far and am looking forward to trying more diverse nations. Love the tactical discussions and wealth of advice here on the board.

So that's me.

[Chacal]

Hi to all,

My first post http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Well, let introduce myself. I'm 31, born in Poland (in Swinoujscie - an island, that probably why I like so much R'yleh...) Now, I'm living in France, working in Navy(R'yleh again)...

I began on computers in 1983 with Commodore 64, then Atari ST (Ahhh Dungeon Master...) In 1995 I turned on PC, ah the Civilization series... I liked alot Xcom serie, Flight Simulator, Ultima VII and VII 1/2... and Doom I and II... I also like wargames, both comp. and boardgames...

The ulitimate fantasy game for me was definitly MofM or Master of Magic. (ahhh the Zombie Mastery spell) Since Mofm I just didnt liked all fantasy strat games up to Dominions.

Now, with Dom3 I will probably go for a no life period...

[DominionsFan]

Welcome on the forum lads! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Ichtarian]

Hello everyone. I am 36 and live in Mobile Alabama (USA). I am married and have a 6 year old daughter with twins on the way. I am a hospital account manager currently meeting the Electronic Medical Record needs of 74 hospitals in the North East and Midwest part of the US.

I have been gaming since I was about 10 years old and prefer turn based strategy games, although games from the Total War series hold my attention as well.

As for hobbies, I travel weekly so they are pretty well limited to the occasional game and designing my own turn based game called "The Chosen" as well as visits to the gym.

I am extremely impressed by the forum and the international participation it seems to foster as well as the variety of its members.

Cheers everyone!

[shawn]

Hi. I recently turned 25 here in North Carolina, USA. I made the huge mistake of picking this up two weeks before finals. The demo caused me to put off a term paper and since I just received the full version, it appears as if I won't have it ready for this evening either.

Thanks!

[SoaviFox]

Hi, I am a 23 year old female part time student/LGBT activist. I live in MA and generaly play a lot of various games. I love turnbased strategy games more than real time ones. I played the first Dominions but not the second and I recently bought the third and ike it very much.

I am a fan of Helhiem (Valkyries!), Machaka (Spiders!), and Caelum Middle and late (Flying People!)

[Ichtarian]

What is an LBGT activist?

[shawn]

Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Transgendered

[Kristoffer O]

Nice. In Sweden it's called HBT. I have a lesbian friend. I wouldn't say she's an activist, but she's quite into HBT stuff. I have learned a lot about HBT from her and believe that I have made away with most of my prejudice and misconceptions thanks to her.
Unfortunately she's not a dedicated gamer and would probably not like Dominions http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Agrajag]

Kristoffer O said:
Unfortunately she's not a dedicated gamer and would probably not like Dominions http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif


None-gamers?
I'm sorry?
Not in my bubble!
*A crack appears in the Solid Admantium bubble*

Oh, and welcome SoaviFox http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[SoaviFox]

Thankees. Lol non gamer. I do not think I could date a girl who was not at least into mario style games. And I think the ancronym HBT works much better. I keep meaning on trying to find how many girls are into strategy games and how many HBT people are into gaming in general.

[Gandalf Parker]

My wife tried it abit. I was going to comment that your race preferences match hers. Especially the spiders. And she also liked Rlyeh.

But now she is more into console games like Mech Warriors

[SoaviFox]

Thats cool. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I am a generalist gamer. I play lots of games. This is one fo the many. I tend to be drawn more to games I can mod and make things for.

I never really got into the mech warrior games myself though.

[DominionsFan]

Hehe, nice to see a woman who enjoy playing online games. My babe just hates everything related to gaming. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
This Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Transgendered activist thing is a bit too hardcore here in Hungary. People are not very tolerant in this topic here. [I guess no wonder, since for example anti-semitism is also very high in the country..]
I don't care about these things anyways, it was just a note. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Agrajag]

DominionsFan said:
People are not very tolerant in this topic here. [I guess no wonder, since for example anti-semitism is also very high in the country..]


People aren't very tolerant here as well, so its no surprise http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
We even have one or two antisematic groups >_<

[shawn]

Tolerance? Where???

[SoaviFox]

*Looks around* I could have sworn I saw some.

[Migaaresno]

Hello mortals,

I am Migaaresno, Patron of rabbits, Eater of cheese, Devourer of Apples, God of Word and Text, The Evil lord.

The Forum warrior is a pretender forum god trying to banish all other pretending forum gods to become a truth forum god. The Forum warrior is mighty strong in his own topic, Whitin his dominion order and reason prefail. His only weakness is its unequalled ability to spell everything wrong. While not as strong in grammer as other pretenders, he is still a force to be reckoned whit.

[Endoperez]

Migaaresno said:
Hello mortals,

I am Migaaresno, Patron of rabbits, Eater of cheese, Devourer of Apples, God of Word and Text, The Evil lord.

The Forum warrior is a pretender forum god trying to banish all other pretending forum gods to become a truth forum god. The Forum warrior is mighty strong in his own topic, Whitin his dominion order and reason prefail. His only weakness is its unequalled ability to spell everything wrong. While not as strong in grammer as other pretenders, he is still a force to be reckoned whit.



Devourer of Apples! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

Welcome, and thanks for the laugh!

[SoaviFox]

that is pretty hilarious XD

[DominionsFan]

SoaviFox said:
that is pretty hilarious XD



Yep. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Welcome aboard, Migaaresno! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Edi]

Welcome Migaaresno! That was a very original introduction! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

And in fact, I think I'll make myself a forum god decription as well:

Edi, Keeper of the Database, Archivist of Dominions, Cataloguer of Sites, Patron of Mapmakers and Modders, the Unforgiving Lord, is a forum pretender god trying to banish all other forum pretender gods to become the One True Forum God. He is a mighty wielder of the word and steeped in the lore of Dominions, for which he is revered. His bane is the Clock, which doth not give him enough time, and despite his power, he is consistently stomped flat in multislayer games.

(Well, all two of them that I've taken part in anyway and those were in Dom2 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif)

[SoaviFox]

I guess I shall get into the fad. IT amsues me.

Soavi, breaker of games, explorer of magic, is a forum pretender go trying to banish all other forum pretender gods to become the one true forum god.

Typos 3
Game Play 1
Creativity 3
Time Drain 1
Magic 3

[Gandalf Parker]

Ive had one of those for a long time. Possibly from Dom1.

Gandalf Parker
--
God of Mediation, Ally of All, Explorer of the "Weak" Tactic,
the Lord of Randoms and Surprises.

[HoneyBadger]

HoneyBadger, Lord of the long sentence, demolisher of threads, eater of what have you got? He Who Has No Icon, But May One Day Have An Icon, who dwells among the Finns of Shangri-La is the first Polypal Daddy from which a whole lotta mothers have sprung. He has grown for ages in size and power and has spawned all good ideas known to exist, and many which remain unrecognized. He is the Dominions 3 forum, it's reason and it's fate. HoneyBadger is mostly immobile and does not communicate in any comprehensible way, although it may seem like he does at times. A constant smell of oranges and ginger surrounds him, from the lotion that he wears. The Polypal Daddy spawns several Polypal Threads each month.

[Migaaresno]

HoneyBadger said:
HoneyBadger, Lord of the long sentence, demolisher of threads, eater of what have you got? He Who Has No Icon, But May One Day Have An Icon, who dwells among the Finns of Shangri-La is the first Polypal Daddy from which a whole lotta mothers have sprung. He has grown for ages in size and power and has spawned all good ideas known to exist, and many which remain unrecognized. He is the Dominions 3 forum, it's reason and it's fate. HoneyBadger is mostly immobile and does not communicate in any comprehensible way, although it may seem like he does at times. A constant smell of oranges and ginger surrounds him, from the lotion that he wears. The Polypal Daddy spawns several Polypal Threads each month.



Thise one wins. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

And BTW, i stole "devourer of apples" from sombody els http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

[HoneyBadger]

I am but a badger who strides on the shoulders of giants. I couldn't have done it, wouldn't have thunk up the idea, without loan of your wit, Migaaresno, so thank you both for your compliment and your wisdom.

[DominionDay]

29/m/USA here, anyone wanna cyber?

[Martok]

Hey guys! Martok's the name--although what gave a gamer nerd like myself the presumptive arrogance to name myself after a Klingon general, I can't imagine. (It's very possible I was drunk at the time!) I play mostly turn-based strategy games (Galactic Civilizations 2 and Medieval Total War being my two current favorites), along with the occasional RTS and RPG. I registerd here quite some time ago, but this is my first post.

I've been keeping half an eye on Dominions 3 for some time now, but it's only recently that the game has started to get my attention again. In my quest for a decent fantasy TBS game, I've tried a few of the more mainstream titles (AoW 1 & 2, Disciples 2, Warlords 4, etc.), but nothing has really satisfied my craving thus far.

I realize that I'm probably not going to get a completely unbiased opinion about the game on a forum dedicated to it ( http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif ), but I would still like to know if this is a title you guys would recommend. I'm going to check the demo, of course (I'm downloading it as I type this); but I would still appreciate your input just the same!

P.S. - If there's a specific thread in which I should be asking this question, please feel free to direct me to it! I just couldn't find any other place I should post this in the first 5-6 pages of looking. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif

[HoneyBadger]

welcome horny Americans and Klingon generals!

Martok, I think most of us are honest enough to say that No: Dom3 isn't perfect, but Yes: it is the best turn based fantasy strategy game that money or love can buy. To go into the myriad reasons for both opinions, you have only to look as far as this forum.

DominionDay, sorry, I'm married, but thank you for the offer, I take it as a compliment.

[Gilded]

Hi, Gilded here. I'm from Finland and been playing since Dom2 (although back then I really didn't grasp the game and got owned by the AI repeatedly). I had a long break but now that Dom3 has come out I've started playing again. Happy holidays to everyone!

[HoneyBadger]

Hi Gilded and welcome. Happy holidays to you too!

[Zarkon]

Hello forum-goers of all varieties, 24 years old Montanan here, glad to be joining the community. I just discovered the Dominions series, and after 2 weeks of playing, I'm glad to say I've finally found the spiritual successor to master of magic. Forging items...undead Romans...god-killing...Norse mythology...drool....

[SCKnight]

Hello everyone, I'm SCKnight. Yes, I'm from South Carolina. I have recently become hooked to the Dominions series (I have all three demos http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif ). I hope to meet all of you here and become good friends with each of you.

[Agrajag]

SCKnight said:
I'm SCKnight. Yes, I'm from South Carolina.


South Carolina? Is that somewhere near StarCraft? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[HoneyBadger]

Good barbeque in South Carolina. Welcome SCKnight!

[Beater1976]

Hallo folks. I've been lurking the forum for a couple of days before coughing up the energy to register. Looking forward to some hot MP action.

[relee]

Howdy. I'm RELee, just a poor, ol', country boy who's been a-gamin' since the early 70's where I was playing Star Trek on the university main frame and buying games from SPI and reading S&T on a regular basis. 53 years old, married for just 7 days shy of 33 years, and , yes, with children but they are practically grown now, and one puppy round-about 10 weeks old. Got some money for Christmas and it was just enough to purchase a NEW game for a change (instead of waiting for it to show up on the bargin bin). I've been in the computer industry in one way or t'other since 1985 and am now pretty much moochin' off the taxpayers whilst eating Ho-Ho's and browsing the internet. Looking forward to playing a game that is a real change of pace for me, having been playing games primarily devoted to historical period-piece gameplay for a long time now. I hope to have the game in-hand by the weekend.

Y'all be good now. Gotta go.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/egg.gif The aliens are in ... everybodys' eggs.

[HoneyBadger]

Welcome Beater, RELee, glad to have you both here.

[Dragonlord]

Hi everyone, Dragonlord here. Figured it was time I introduced myself here as I just got into Dom3 about two weeks ago, been doing lots of practicing and reading up, hanging out in the IRC channel etc.

I'm a Dutch guy (technically Dutch Caribbean, but live in Holland), 32 years old, and been married for 4 years. Have been playing computer games pretty much nonstop ever since I was 12... Am looking forward to some PBEM games with Dom3.

[Cafard]

Hi there, false gods,

After days reading though this forum and playing many SP games, i figured it would be a good thing to finally register here and get my arse kicked in MP.

I'm a 29yo french exiled in Ireland, and discovered the game only during its second incarnation. I was interested by the game style and premises, but definitely pursued my interest as it ran natively under Linux. For a Linux using wargamer, that was a godsend for which i can't thank enough the Illwinter lads. Thank you guys, i really mean it.

After giving a try at the dom2 demo, i did like the game, though i was far from appreciating all of its potential. However, support for multi-platform developers, combined with the frustration of not being able to cast level 9 global enchantments, as well as being deprived of serving the star lords of R'lyeh convinced me that no matter what, purchasing the full game wouldn't be wasted money. It definitely wasn't, and i enjoyed many hours of solo play as well as 2 player games with my dear wife (yes, she likes bordgames, wargames and RPGs, and no, i'm not selling her).

After some time doing other things, like the almost-not-time-consuming miniatures painting, I realised that Dom3 was out since a while, and so it's only since last month that i finally ordered and started playing the third incarnation of this brilliant game.

Of course, like most people, i do have some personal 'issues' with a couple of game features, but nothing major, and nothing that hasn't been previously discussed in a way or the other on these boards.

What else to say? Well, as far as nations go, i really like R'lyeh, both for the underwater theme, as well as the Lovecraftian mythos. Later in the game, i grew very, very fond of the slow and heavy Abysians, both for their background and their playing style.

There it is then, i'm not sure i'll be very regular around here, but at least now, i have an account in case i really happen to have something to post. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Cheers then, and please try to be gentle when sieging my capital by turn 5 in my destined-to-be-short first serious MP games. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Cafard.

[PhilD]

Welcome aboard Cafard!

If you want some good-natured Dominions discussion in french, you can come and see us on the Cyberstratege board (www.cyberstratege.com), that's the most active section of the forum! (there's even a big MP game getting ready to start in a few days)

[HoneyBadger]

Hi Dragonlord, Cafard, and welcome to the boards.

[TwoBits]

Hi. I'm some guy with two cents burning a hole in his pocket http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Lleihsad]

Hello, everyone. I'm a 22-year-old college student living in America (California, to be more specific). I got into Dominions about a year ago when I downloaded the Dom2 demo and fell in love with the game. I just got Dom3 at the new year and am looking forward to many memorable campaigns with it.

[Edi]

Cafard said:
It definitely wasn't, and i enjoyed many hours of solo play as well as 2 player games with my dear wife (yes, she likes bordgames, wargames and RPGs, and no, i'm not selling her).


Ah, then that means that we must conduct an old-fashioned raid and carry her away... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

All kidding aside, welcome to the forum. You're a lucky guy to have such a wife. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Edi

[LeoTheLip]

Good morning all,

Let me introduce the newest newbie.

I started out with a stint in the Air Force during the Vietnam Era (didn’t see any action). From there I got into programming and have been doing it ever since. The first computer game I played was on an IBM 360 mainframe. (Doorbells come with more memory now.)
When I bought a 286 I got hooked on CRPGs and strategy games staring with the AD&D gold box series. I prefer SP/TB of epic proportions. I just love to see the AI weep. :>)
My wife and I have 7 daughters but we are empty nesters now. Which means that I don’t have to use the bathroom at the corner gas station any more. She, my wife, is very understanding of my gaming addiction (the dogs less so). I have re-proposed to her several times to fill up the queue incase some less fortunate, single gamer got any ideas. I explained to her that it is like camping out at EB for the sequel of last year’s best game. She took it as a compliment. (Told you she was understanding.).
I first heard of Dominions about 3 weeks ago from an article in PC Gamer. Installed the full game yesterday so everything is new for me. Was up late last night with just-one-more-turn syndrome but all I got for it was a bloody nose from the AI. This game is going to be fun!

See you around.

[Gandalf Parker]

Welcome Leo.
Im a Viet Vet also (USAF retired, no action).
To slow down the AI try turning up the Independents. You will tend to make better decisions of who to attack and who to go around in the early game than the AI will. It will keep the AI from rushing you.

[LeoTheLip]

Gandalf

Thanks for the advice. I did that and it slowed me down more then the AI.:>( I know some of the errors I made but want to salvage this game if possible. I will try a few things this weekend and if still stumped will post a thread for suggestions. I enjoy the discovery as much as the stategy so I don't mind the AI giving me a lesson as long as I can learn from it.

By any chance did you spend any time in Turkey or Japan?

[tibbs]

Welcome LeoTheLip.

I'm a little young for Vietnam but my dad fought in the war for the army and saw some combat. Even took a bullet through his pantleg. Luckily they wore baggy pants and it missed his actual leg.

This game is so indepth and each nation has so many strategies. This game really is worth every penny. You should give a multiplayer game a chance once you've learned the game more. I really love the diplomacy of multiplayer games and the human opponents are much craftier.

Chris

[LeoTheLip]

You're right. Diplomacy would add a whole new layer to the game. I'll keep MP in mind. This game reminds me a lot of the Avalon Hill board games. Except the cat doesn't spill your stacks across the floor.

[Gandalf Parker]

LeoTheLip said:
By any chance did you spend any time in Turkey or Japan?


Yes I spent time at Incirlik, Turkey. I was a supply guy for a maintenance group. That was the closest I came to combat being their when their military turned over their government.

[Eddiewallie]

hi all

im from holland, isnt that weird? well serious im 22 and a communications student in utrecht. im totally new to these 4X games if thats what you call it, but im instantly hooked on D3. up to now ive only been playing sp games but would like to check out the mp part. truth is if havent got a clue how to get into a mp game? can anyone help me out?

cheers

ps eddiewallie isnt my real name, its a folk singer from Belgium who is insanely funny and a terrible artist.

[LeoTheLip]

[/quote]
Yes I spent time at Incirlik, Turkey. I was a supply guy for a maintenance group. That was the closest I came to combat being their when their military turned over their government.

[/quote]

I was down there for a few days. Spent most of my time as a voice processing specialist at Sinope.

Eddie,

There is a subforum for mp. you may want to ask there for help. And I guess you are now the newest newbie.

[HoneyBadger]

Hi TwoBits, Lleihsad, Leo, Eddie, welcome to the boards http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[pathfinder]

A long time SEIV forumite. Played Dom 2 off and on and just ordered DOM 3. We'll see if I can figure out Dom 3 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[HoneyBadger]

SEIV and Dom3 are very different ofcourse, but they're also very similar in some ways-if you like the one, chances are you'll enjoy the other, as long as you appreciate the basic concepts. Nice to have you here, Pathfinder.

[lygophile]

yeah well im lygophile, and i accedentely stumbled accross dominions3 on gamespot 2 days ago, and downloaded the demo. i love the world of it, the rich variaty of pretender gods, the old school feeling of the whole thing, and the entire concept of the game. and once again i stay up all night *ahumloserahum*. despite the fact that my computer (atlon 2400+) disagrees with the game (had to disable all functions)

since years i only play the type of game with which you can watch some tv show or edit some wikipedia articles simultaniously.

[merlinme]

Hi all. Yes my name really is Merlin. (I had slightly counterculture parents in the 70s; my Dad is a poet, although not successful enough for any of you to have actually seen any of his work, and has a beard which is nearly as good as Gandalf Parker's. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif )

I'm 31, live in London, work for a Dutch bank as a UNIX C++ analyst programmer. I'm getting married in June. My fiancee is a doctor and works shifts, which is great for me as I get to spend the occasional weekend playing computer games! She doesn't mind. Well, not that much, anyway.

I've been playing role playing and strategy games for as long as I can remember. Age 7? Certainly since I was 10. Basic Dungeons and Dragons red book, Avalon Hill board games, that kind of thing (and I can definitely relate to the cat knocking over all your stacks of counters). Computer games are a more recent interest as I didn't have a computer when I was a kid, but I've been making up for lost time since. I played "X-Com: Terror from the Deep" all night once when I was at university and missed an appointment. Main limiting factor these days is need for sleep and/or physical discomfort (I spend all day at work using a VDU so my neck, back and mouse wrist all get sore. Yes I have seen physios etc., it's manageable but my neck in particular does have problems if I play computer games all day. And I have been known to play computer games from 8am to 3am, with breaks for food. Yes I know I'm an addict.) Other interests include singing in a choir, writing fantasy novels, reading fantasy novels (and other things, I'm reading the "Unbearable Lightness of Being" at the moment), I take part in a triathlon once a year, I love dancing in clubs, and I listen to lots of indie music. I took 6 months off last year to finish my novel, which I did, and one of these days I hope to see it published. I'm currently writing my second novel. I helped support myself while I wasn't working by playing internet poker. However I stopped when I stopped making money from it (I think because everyone else got better). I made about £1,000 from it in those six months though. Maybe I could make money from it again, but to be honest playing 90 hands an hour and folding 65 of them gets pretty boring.

Games I've been playing recently include Oblivion and Hearts of Iron 2, and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic (I found Heroes of Might and Magic V rather disappointing, although I may go back to it). I'm also a big fan of the Total War series. I don't play multiplayer, I quite like the sense of satisfaction from crushing the computer in single player and completing a game.

I discovered Dominions 3 on Metacritic when I was looking for a new game, and thought it sounded perfect for me. I haven't really had a chance to play it properly yet; I've completed the tutorial and I'm about six hours into my first proper game.

Initial impressions: the battle graphics and sound are pretty awful and the game definitely has its user unfriendly quirks. However it's clearly a labour of love, and some of the actual mechanics (e.g. the length of weapon is a factor in combat, becoming less so after the initial attack) are the best thought through I've ever seen. I can't really comment on the AI at the moment; it seems to be functional rather than outstanding, but then writing good AI is a very difficult job. One of the things which would be nice is if the developers put as many options as possible into config and then let people play with them. There have been some quite significant improvements made to Hearts of Iron 2 AI using this approach. The Dominions 3 AI does seem to be particularly bad at assessing odds; it attacks far too often when it has no chance of success.

However bearing in mind this is my first game and there's no inbuilt reload feature, the AI is giving me a run for my money at the moment. I managed to lose my entire initial army by being too aggressive in the first few turns and not understanding the strength of the independents. I'm currently fighting a war on two fronts, and although I've pushed the AI back, it's coming back at me with fairly massive armies, so I'm currently rebuilding, pushing up Province Defence and hoping I can get a big enough army together to make some progress. I'm playing Arcoscephale (randomly assigned). My AI main opponent is Jotunheim, and I have some respect for those giants; they're tough and fast, so even if you win their commanders and a significant number of their troops usually survive. My initial attempt at pretender design was pretty rubbish (6 Nature, 4 Water, Lady of Love I think she was called; she has Awe 4, so if I can give her some decent magic and protection she should be ok in battles, if not a game winner). I've been targeting Conjuration (because Nature seems to be strong there) and COnstruction (because I've got a hero who has a bonus constructing Clockwork Warriors). I've had problems finding Nature gems which hasn't helped. After spending five turns building Vine Ogres (with a Crown of Thorns) I lost them all in one battle against independents, and came to the conclusion they're pretty rubbish, unless perhaps you have poison or protection magic to back them up. This is a bit worrying given that I've spent so much time building them, as I now need a plan B!

One thing I have noticed is that the game seems to reward patient buildups, every time I've tried an attack without quite enough troops I've just taken casualties; overwhelming force seems to be the way forward. And you seem to need a helluva lot of troops for sieges.

It's all been very interesting, and I'm looking to put in some serious hours this weekend. Given the number of mistakes I've made I'm not completely sure I can beat all the AI opponents, but then I like a challenge. (My only real gripe with Total War is that it is a bit easy, except perhaps if you play the Western Roman Empire in Barbarian Invasion. Now that was hard.) Depending on how I get on with the game (and if I find the AI too limiting) I may get involved with online multiplayer, if time (and my fiancee) allow. However I quite like the roleplaying fantasy side of things, and by the sound of it multiplayer is fast and furious with most of the action over by the time you get interesting magic. So I'll see how it goes.

Gosh that was a long post! Anyway nice to meet you all.

merlin

[Agrajag]

Just a piece of advice, Merlin, in case you haven't already done so, get a really comfortable chair, even if it is expensive.
I used to sit on one of those generic swivel chairs and sometimes had pains in the neck or back after many hours of gaming. Now I'm sitting in an uber-comfortable chair (with all sorts of swiveling, leaning back, adjustable handles etc.) and am feeling awesome even after many hours of sitting down.

[merlinme]

Yeah I should probably get myself a new chair. My current one wasn't that bad when I bought it, but that was a few years ago and it's getting a bit old now.

A good chair definitely helps, but you also have to remember to lean back. It's very easy to get "programmer's hunch" if you're not careful, where you lean into the screen when you're a bit tired or something is particularly absorbing. And that's terrible for your neck.

[Agrajag]

merlinme said:
A good chair definitely helps, but you also have to remember to lean back. It's very easy to get "programmer's hunch" if you're not careful, where you lean into the screen when you're a bit tired or something is particularly absorbing. And that's terrible for your neck.


If you just can't avoid leaning forward (I get that too sometimes http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif), get one of those chairs that you can lean your head against, and then strap yourself to it with a belt or something, I bet that'd work! (Either that or you'll break the chair http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif)

[Gandalf Parker]

Also a major word of advice to anyone wearing split-lens glasses. Get a pair of "computer glasses". The people who make your spectacles will know. You will find that your computer time will go from being limited to an hour or two, to going a full day. And your mood on the computer will improve 100%.
Gandalf Parker

[HoneyBadger]

If I were buying a chair today, and could afford to, I'd go with one of those massaging, heating chairs.

While you're at it, consider a foot-spa and a little fridge next to your desk.

If you're going to be comfortable, you might as well do it right, right?

[Gandalf Parker]

That reminds me of a sig I used to have:
I do get exercise! I take a walk at least 3 times a day. (They havent invented a computer chair that flushes yet have they?)

That was until I got a link sent to me of a computer chair that flushed.

[RedWurm]

Hello all. I'm Rob, 21, from the UK. I'm a part-time IT student and part-time photo enhancer/restorer, which at least helps me get used to spending hours staring at a computer screen.

I've been playing the dominions 2 demo sporadically for a long time now, partly beacause it is a game with scope for countless ways to play and partly because it runs on the non-gaming computer and I can pretend that I'm doing something constructive. and so I finally decided to get dominions 3 after being given some money by someone who didn't know any better and reading some decent reviews.

I got round to actually reading the manual, found out some of the embarrassingly stupid mistakes I've been making, and have fallen back in love with Ulm (MA this time, naturally). I've fixed my pretender choice and defensive niggles and have been up to 3am for the last few nights steamrolling my way over the majority of a particularly big random map and personally taking out a fair few rival pretenders along the way. I'm starting to feel the lack of decent magic, but the AI isn't as punishing as a human might be and I seem to be getting away with it so far. moo hoo ha ha.

[Peregrine42]

My name is also Rob and I am a 36 year old Engineer living in Ottawa, Canada. I have been lurking around here since the Dom II days, after learning about this game from Gandalf and others on the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic group. I tried the demo (II) a few times and was intrigued but kept getting overwhelmed with all of the options and lack of a manual to allow me to see the big picture. Real life prevented me from investing the time required to really get into it and I forgot about it for a while.

Then I heard that Dom III was released. Again, I became intrigued with the Demo and all of the AARs (great stuff!) that were posted. This time, I went ahead and bought the game. I've been crushing the AI (sort of), studying the manual, and neglecting my family, ever since.

I plan to venture out into the MP arena soon where I will leave a trail of dead pretenders in my wake! Ok, maybe not, but indulge me! As soon as my first game starts, I don't expect to be able to boast again for a very long time :-)

[BesucherXia]

I am Xiao, a 26 years old Chinese student studying mechanical enginering in Germany(like my name could already implied). I have been a long time lurker in this forum before finally purchased Dominions3 and so get my courage to register my account. (before that I was just rasisng a Chinese wiki web alone for this great series, but only with an unlegal copy... So first of all please make me a favor to accept my sincere apologise to illwinter.)

Before finally enjoy my days here, I have just broken with my lover in last Valentine day. More precisly speaking, I have known her since 5 years ago from a Chinese forum and finished a great freindship between each other,
but was always so hesistate to show up my true mind until the "most important and romantic " day (studying alone in a foreign county 8000+km away could really be a great problem for our close-minded but emotional Chinese). When this day finally comes (maybe my last valentine day in Germany before Degree), she just told me she had already made a blitz-marriage last year...

And so I have just cancelled many joys of habbits, even also inclduing this game and my wiki, only to finish my study and come back as a better man to continue our friendship before Christmas day. Maybe I can only join some little parts of discussion here with my formel memory about the game, with my brand new copy towering on the shelf like a great but also sealed book. A brand new disc without even first time of usage is just like a lovly vrigin, would u guys agree?( <---just joke)

So ended my old story, and be waiting for a new beginning, Could anybody here cast a wish for blood slaves or an endless bag of wine for me？(joke again)

[StrictlyRockers]

Hello,

A long time wargamer from Santa Cruz, CA originally. Now I am living in Berkeley. Some friends from Santa Cruz turned me on to this game. I love it! What an excellent game Dominions 3 is. I didn't get too deep into Dominions 3, as they told me about Dominions when I was already aware that 3 was coming out soon.

I have played the AI enough at Impossible. Now I am really itching for some human opponents. The game has incredible depth. I was one of the beta testers n Civ 4. Check for my name in the rule book. But this game is better than Civ 4.

These guys really have a hit on their hands. The graphics are really bad, but for grognards like me it doesn't matter too much. I just hope they take all the money they make from this one and invest in a whole new graphics model for the combats in the next version.

I remember VGA planets, and I see where the borrowed from it for Dominions. Compared to that game, Dominions has great graphics. But this is 2007, and we expect more now. This game is my favorite. I can't wait to get deeper into it. I've been a wargame since I was a kid, and that is what this is, essentially.

Anyway, I am looking for games, E-mail or server based. I am ready for action.

StrictlyRockers

[Edi]

Welcome. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I don't think we're getting too drastically improved graphics in Dom4 because Illwinter is just a two man team, one guy doing the content and the other doing the coding, with some other folks pitching in for the manual and such. But we can wish and hope...

Edi

[Gandalf Parker]

Lately Ive seen some of my favorite games get trashed by video/sound upgrades. Im not eager to see Illwinter try it.

For MultiPlayer games you shoudl check the subforum here called " Dom 3 Multiplayer and AARs "

[StrictlyRockers]

That is a good point, Gandalf. It would be a real shame if the fun of the game was spoiled in any way by reaching for a much better graphics engine.

After a while, you get used to the basic graphics and it really doesn't matter. I come from the school of cardboard cutout, monster board wargames. Graphics can sometimes get in the way if they become the focus. They should not be the focus. Civ 4 is a good example of a very pretty game which I find to have very little "fun factor". I have never stayed up until 3:00 AM playing Civ 4, but I have stayed up all night dosens of times playing Civ 3 (and now Dominions 3, which I like more atm).

I am checking in the after action reports and MP section of the forum for online games. I don't see any open ones, just games that have started already and are full.

I am willing to host games and to set up my computer as a server. I just haven't done it before. And while the help pages posted here and at Dom3minions.com are helpful. The link on "How to join a game" is down, so that is a little frustrating if you want to know how to join a game, which I do.

http://host.dom3minions.com/how-to.html

SR

[SlipperyJim]

So, I'm new here. My handle is SlipperyJim, based on the Stainless Steel Rat books by Harry Harrison.

In real life, I'm a 33-year-old IT geek from the DC metro area in the United States of America. /threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_USA.gif I've played computer games since I was a kid, back in the days of DOS. My first love in the strategy-gaming field was a little gem called Master of Magic. Since then, I've been on the lookout for good turn-based fantasy-themed strategy games.

I found the original Dominions: PPP in an article about good games that run in Linux. Ironically, I don't really run Linux anymore, but the Windows version of Dominions: PPP made me very happy. Heck, I still play it sometimes. I skipped over Dom2 because I was playing other games at the time. However, when I saw that Dom3 was being released, I decided to give it a try.

Overall, I'm even more pleased with Dom3 than I was with the original. Illwinter made some good decisions to streamline a lot of the tedious micromanagement stuff. (Blood hunting used to be a right pain in the tailfeathers!) Supercombatants have been nerfed hard, but they're still useful. And the new nations are very very cool. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I don't have any interest in playing MP right now. Sorry, but my real-life schedule is too busy for any gaming commitments. Still, I derive great satisfaction from stomping the heck out of the AIs in single-player mode.

[Xietor]

I am an attorney, 47 years old, and live in New Orleans. My house lost part of my roof during Katrina but did not flood. Luckily, I live in a nice neighborhood, not like what you saw on TV. My neighbors all fixed their houses and it looks better than ever.

But much of the poorer neighborhood, where people had no money to rebuild, or had no insurance, are still in shambles.

I play a lot computer games. My guy was a high warlord in wow at one time, played EQ, the original game. Favorite games are strategy, explore and conquer. MooII, CIV, were awesome classic in their day. Now I like Dominions. I played Dom II extensively.

[Shadohfrog]

Howdy. I am 37 years old, and live in Brisbane, Australia. Just playing single player at the moment, as shift work makes it hard to commit to multi player.

I am finally joining the forum after figuring out that hotmail was treating the account activation email as spam.

Mostly playing as Arcoscephale at the moment; its hard to do without the healing abilities of priestesses.

[PAR]

hello i am a 32 year old from the uk, been playing the demo for a month. the full game arrived a week ago. have tried the ammazons, greeks and ulm, loving the game

just begining to understand how massive this game is

cheers all

PAR

[Endoperez]

PAR said:
hello i am a 32 year old from the uk, been playing the demo for a month. the full game arrived a week ago. have tried the ammazons, greeks and ulm, loving the game

just begining to understand how massive this game is




Welcome to our merry group of gamers! While Sauromatia, Arcos and Ulm are far from similar, I suggest trying something less human for a change of pace. Abysia, Agartha, Caelum, perhaps one of the monkey nations (Lanka, Kailasa, Bandar Log, Patala)...

Also, it might be a good idea to choose your opponents to be nations you tried yourself. That way, you have easier time understanding if the AI's army is strong or just big, and if you are defeated you'll probably learn something from it.

[PAR]

advice happly taken i will try somthing very diffrent next

cheers endoperez

[Londo_Mollari]

Hi
I am 30, i live in France, near Toulouse and i'm a TBS addict. I've been playing the game with a friend for 2 month and decided to join the forums.
I really love the game, the mods and the community are nice too http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
I've tried almost all nations and i like 3/4 of them but N,E,S magic are my favorites...
Cheers!

[Edi]

Welcome then, Emperor Mollari. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I hope you enjoy your stay. Anything you need to ask, go ahead.

[GrobRIM]

Hi everybody!

I'm French too, 36 year old, and I live in Mauritania ("Second Sun" global enchantment is up down here http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif)

And I am totally addicted to Dom 3!!! I just hope one day I can have enough free time to give MP a try.

[Sombre]

I never got around to introducing myself.

I'm an English Teacher in China. I read the Gamespot review of Dom3 and decided I really liked the sound of it.

I'm more of a modder than a player now though ;]

[EmOrDoL]

Holy Freakin Zoinks Batman!! This game rocks like none other. I never was too into turn-based strategy games, until I found this game. I always liked RTS instead, but no longer.

Oh and by the way, I am new to this game, obviously, but it has inspired me to do some serious modding. I used to mod a lot for Dungeon Siege I & II, Oblivion, and a few other dungeon crawlers of the sort, but this is different. It might take some time to get the code memorized, and do all the custom artwork with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI, but I plan to eventually put out an entire series of races, ex. EA, MA, then LA, all with one continual story line. I am thinking something along the lines of Norse mythology, but with a very good twist, and very unique armies.

Oh, and last but not least... Hello all, I am EmOrDoL, I am 21 and live in Lake Tahoe, Cali. It is very nice to meet you all, and I am very excited to be a part of this very active, and very friendly, community.

[Sombre]

Be sure to make yourself known in the mod forum then Emordol. Lots of tips to be picked up there.

[Edi]

Welcome to all the new faces. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

For modding stuff, Sombre is probably the person to ask, with quantum_mechani, Endoperez and me the next in line. Spellmodding, DrPraetorius is your guy.

If you need documentation on Dom3 above and beyond what's in the manual, I'm the guy to come to. Gandalf also has a lot of helpful stuff.

Mapmaking is a specialty of mine and particularly Gandalf's, so help in that department is also near at hand.

[Latif]

Hi http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

My name is Latif and I live in rainy Victoria Canada. I'm 37 (good grief!!!) and started playing Dom 2 about a year ago after hearing rave reviews about it on another message board.

Just got Dom 3 in the mail 4 days ago. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Played the demo a bit a ways back. I have started up a 'DAR' (During Action Report) which you can see in my sig. Might be cool to see some comments on my 'DAR', I started a thread for it in the Multiplayer/AAR forums <a href=http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=510112&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=&vc=#Post510112>here</a> if you like to make any comments on my play, game or just talk about Dom 3!

I'm having fun with the game so far. AI seems not to have changed much from Dom 2 but it's still lots of fun to send the peasants into battle to get slaughtered. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif (I used to love playing Mictlan also. Round up the slaves by the 100's and send them off to get butchered. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif ) Fun to play the armchair emperor and make plans and think about the GLORIOUS FUTURE FOR OUR EMPIRE!!!!

[Salamander8]

Hi all.

I've actually had Dominions3 since it was released. I pre-ordered it shortly after I heard about it and only a month or so after I had purchased Dominions2 (late find for me!), but I have not really posted before now. Due to some crazy RL stuff, I was unable to really play much Dom3 prior to the last few weeks, and now that I've won a few games (LA Agartha, MA R'leyh, EA Lanka, and EA Yomi so far!), I wanted to say hello to the boards. I've lurked quite a bit up till now.

I'm a 37 year-old guy living in Wisconsin in the US, and have been an avid gamer for years. Due to an emergency move, my old wargame buddies are back in Michigan and I'm stuck over here so finding these games was great for me.

So far I've only played SP games, but I'd like to try an MP game as well. I would consider myself a beginner overall, but have been getting more efficient and better able to handle multi-front AI wars than I was at first.

So far most of my time is with the less human nations, but I do so love my monsters and demons and such. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Siever]

Hi

I'm Italian, 47 years old, employee in justice administration.
I've played a lot Dominion 2, only SP, and now I want to try Dom3 in MP.
I learned English playing games, so sorry for my mistakes.

[Edi]

Welcome, all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Siever, never mind any grammatical mistakes. There are lots of people here for whom English is a second or even a third language, so nobody is going to hold it against you. If your above post is any indication of your average English skills, I know some native speakers who can't manage writing English that well.

So, for a quick rundown on who to ask what specifically, Gandalf Parker for anything related to servers and scripting or maps, Sombre for modding related issues and me for things related to units, weapons, documentation or bug/issues reporting. Of course, that list is by no means exhaustive, there are tons of people here who can drag up the most obscure bits of Dominions lore at the drop of a hat, so ask away and you shall receive.

I hope you enjoy your time here. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[StrictlyRockers]

Welcome Siever. Your English is good. This is coming from a native English speaker for the past 39 years. I also work as a paralegal and I write legal reports all day. You will do fine.

And you will find that MP Dom 3 is a very fun way to play. Welcome to the community.

[Gandalf Parker]

His english cant be any worse than california kids. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Salamander8]

I was going to say, your English is better than lots of people I work with Siever, and they are all US natives. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[HoneyBadger]

your English is certainly a lot better than my Italian-and considering the Devs are Swedish...I don't think it matters much.

[Siever]

Thanks to everyone for the support. I only hope you can understand me. For now I won't write an English book (maybe later...) :-)

[Schneeble]

Hey there.
I'm an America, aged 28. Professionally I'm a financial systems analyst, and as for Dominions history I tried the Dom2 demo and liked it well enough. I didn't get it at the time because I was intimidated by the micromanagement. I tried the Dom3 demo when it became available (the Dom2 demo was always somewhere in the back of my mind), and most of the things that scared me off weren't in the newer game so I got it.

I only have a minimum of SP experience (an almost magic-less EA Ulm game on Silent Seas, and several previous EA and MA games that I terminated within thirty turns), and I'll happily admit that most of you forum folks have forgotten more about the game than I'm likely to learn any time soon, but it's a fun game and I'm looking forward to being slaughtered in MP (and learning from the experience).

[Wolfman_Dan]

Hello,
I'm 17, almost 18 and live in America. I just started to play and only have some SP experience. My friend and I have played a few hotseat games, but he can't afford Dom3 right now. I love this game so far and can't wait to get into some MP action.

[Kyroplastics]

Hi,

I'm a 20 year old male from Manchester, UK. I'm a computer science grad but thinking of doing my masters in a more business facing subject (I'm too lazy to decide which http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif)

I currently work as a project manager for one of the top 10 pharma companies in the world - I quite like my job but would prefer to be in a different industry sector (i struggle with the big words used in pharma!).

I only just picked up dom 3 after it was recommended by a friend of mine so I thought I'd join the community - I'll mostly be playing SP because of the amount of travel I have to do http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif.

[Eldanesh]

Hey, My name nick's Eldanesh (as in 40K), and I'm from Canada. I LOVED the first Dominions 2, but unfortunately was ripped on ebay with a burnt copy. This Time I've got dominions 3 forgein "neogame" edition, but it's patching so I'm assuming it's legal (or I'll be really angry). By the way, 3.06 is the most recent patch right?

[Endoperez]

Welcome! And be sure to patch up, 3.08 got just released. Check out the sticky threads.

[Starshine_Monarch]

*bows*
I am Starshine_Monarch, 17 year old High school student (but not for much longer) in Buffalo, New York.

There's not really much interesting to tell about me...I can draw a bit, I can write short fantasy stories, and I love video games and manga.

I've been playing Dominions 2 with my father and younger brother pretty much since it came out and now Dominions 3 as well. I'm not really big on computer games, wargames even less so. I'm totally horrible at Space Empires 4, have never played SE5, and am only fairly decent at Dominions 2 and 3 (though the definition of 'decent' might be subject to debate by some). However, though I might lack some skill as a player, I think Dominions is really a lot of fun.

I'm especially fond of how easy it is to mod the game. I've tried making mods for D2 that include a nation of nature-worshiping werewolves and a human feudal magocracy of general fantasy stock. I've also created what I like to call the "Dominions Sprite Workshop" which should make the creation of generally human-shaped sprites easier for those who aren't so good at it (all it really is is just a .TGA with a humanoid base including sprite bases for a horse and rider). Which reminds me, the next modding project I want to work on is a new MA nation based off of the beginnings and expansion of Islam from 622 AD to around the 700's and sort of the whole general "Arabian Nights" dealie. Unfortunately, I'm gonna need to do a bit more research on the topic as all I've read on it is 20 pages or so in a history textbook 2 years ago. Hm...anyone know where I can find a sprite base for a camel?

[Endoperez]

Starshine_Monarch said:
*bows*
I am Starshine_Monarch, 17 year old High school student (but not for much longer) in Buffalo, New York.

There's not really much interesting to tell about me...I can draw a bit, I can write short fantasy stories, and I love video games and manga.

I've been playing Dominions 2 with my father and younger brother pretty much since it came out and now Dominions 3 as well. I'm not really big on computer games, wargames even less so. I'm totally horrible at Space Empires 4, have never played SE5, and am only fairly decent at Dominions 2 and 3 (though the definition of 'decent' might be subject to debate by some). However, though I might lack some skill as a player, I think Dominions is really a lot of fun.

I'm especially fond of how easy it is to mod the game. I've tried making mods for D2 that include a nation of nature-worshiping werewolves and a human feudal magocracy of general fantasy stock. I've also created what I like to call the "Dominions Sprite Workshop" which should make the creation of generally human-shaped sprites easier for those who aren't so good at it (all it really is is just a .TGA with a humanoid base including sprite bases for a horse and rider). Which reminds me, the next modding project I want to work on is a new MA nation based off of the beginnings and expansion of Islam from 622 AD to around the 700's and sort of the whole general "Arabian Nights" dealie. Unfortunately, I'm gonna need to do a bit more research on the topic as all I've read on it is 20 pages or so in a history textbook 2 years ago. Hm...anyone know where I can find a sprite base for a camel?




Welcome!

I suggest you check out the Arabs and Carthiginians (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showthreaded.php?Number=513969) thread on the modding forum. The project seems to be planned out well, but is lacking the sprites, at least.

The Dominions Sprite Workshop sounds great. I suggest you take a look at the thread about a recently discovered method of sprite extraction (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showthreaded.php?Number=515753). That should make it easy to create a small library of basic humanoid types, or perhaps one of different weapons and shields. Also, feel free to add this (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showthreaded.php?Number=517800) pair of mage-sprites to your program.

[CUnknown]

Hi, guys!

I played dominions 2, and now I'm back! I assume by the fact that no one is playing dominions 2 anymore that dominions 3 is a better game?

[Taqwus]

The differences are fairly substantial -- eras instead of themes, rebalancing of costs (fortress cost and incomes increased, troop and commander costs less changed ergo cheaper), more differences between national access to magic paths (much more restricted randoms, so it's harder to diversify), more spells being nation-specific, and so forth. AI behavior is similar to before, but it will actually build fortresses now and makes heavier use of national troops. Micromanagement's also improved, with automatic adjustment of taxation (overrideable) based on unrest, and the ability to set mages to monthly-cast site-searching spells and let them be...

There's a point of contention with some arguing that the power of high blesses reduces the number of competitive strategies under certain conditions (notably, cramped maps where blitzing with powerful sacred units are difficult to counter if, say, you've instead piled points onto scales). If it's agreed to be a problem, to a certain degree this can be ameliorated via mods (increasing the effects of scales, for instance, to make it harder to pay for those ultra-blesses).

[Starshine_Monarch]

CUnknown said:
Hi, guys!

I played dominions 2, and now I'm back! I assume by the fact that no one is playing dominions 2 anymore that dominions 3 is a better game?



Yes. Yes it is.

[PashaDawg]

Welcome Back, CUnknown!

[Murder]

just registered, only got into dom in like early march or feb i think... cnt remebmer... lol its like the only game i play now xD

[Xanatos]

Hello All, I'm new to the forums here, although I do not imagine I have alot of time to post regularly, I do want to play some Multiplayer games, if anyone could shoot me an email at Xanatos(at)triad(dot)rr(dot)com with instructions on how to join a multiplayer game, I would also love to know why the random event message that says something like 'rumors of the mythical crown of shadows have been common since' or whatever that message is....is that an item you can get?..if so..how?

lol

~Xanatos Nemos, Master of Shadows

<font color="#5bebe5">Email address broken down to prevent harvesting for spamlists, hope you don't mind ~Edi</font>

[llamabeast]

I sent Xanatos an e-mail telling him how to organise a game on Gandalf's server.

[lch]

Xanatos said:I would also love to know why the random event message that says something like 'rumors of the mythical crown of shadows have been common since' or whatever that message is....is that an item you can get?..if so..how?


"An unnatural plague has swept the province killing thousands. In the decaying corpses magic death gems were found. Rumors of the mythical Crown of Darkness has circulated in the province ever since."

sounds like a bad event, or maybe a neutral one (you receive something, but you lose something too)

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Well... sounds like a site to me. I've been accidentally looking at the Dom2 magic site database on the library at http://www.freewebs.com/dominions2/

They have a crown of darkness site, you might try casting Dark Knowledge on the location of that 'random' event or searching with a level 4 death mage. If you frequently see disease spring up in that province, then the Crown of Darkness may be the culprit...

I'm new here too, I looked at earlier dominions releases, but they just had a bit too much of a learning curve and excess of options. With the tutorial included in the demo and reviews mentioning the manual, I bought the game.

Now, you can call me Lazy Perferctionist, Lazy P, LP, or just Paul. Personally, I'm 23, into anime, good food, sailing, video games, will read a good four hundred page novel in say, six hours. I'm in a divine quest to find the best gummi bear candy, and have found the best local ones at Staples, of all places.

My artistic talent isn't so great, but I've frequently used GIMP, Paint.Net, and Photoshop, and a serious critic. I've often provided friends with advice and the perfect online tutorial that explains just what they need. Most of my work, though, is in 80x80, or generally inappropriate for a general audience. I may make some new, cleaner banners and avatars for this site.

I live in Florida, a state which is undergoing some drought conditions, and has recently been on fire in much of the state. With the subtropical depression that blew dry air around for awhile, the entire state was covered in smoke. Maybe I'll make my first multiplayer game a scanned map of Florida, with a special rule- no water mages allowed? Heat scale encouraged? Eh.

Professionally, I work six days a week. Evenings mostly, except on Fridays and Saturdays where I work more regular hours. I'm a tech guy at a telemarketing company thats contracted by the Department of Education. I'm also the guy who has to go through Do Not Call voicemail inbox to take you off the list. A word of advice, I can swallow obnoxious insults, but for goodness sake, follow the directions when asking to be taken off, and leave your number. By the time it gets to me, I have no caller id. If you have the gall to insult me, or rather a defenseless machine, and then leave no information I can use to take you off the list, well then [insert obscene and biologically improbable act here]. We're not the most evil telemarketers, if you wonder. We consolidate student loans and we DON'T take a cut, since we work for the DoE. Many save several thousand dollars.

So, lets try this thematic intro.

LazPer12, Lazy Perfectionist, Paul, the Slothful one, the Thorough god. The tech desk of evil, salvation of sinners, the god of silence who ends the dissonant howls of unwanted demons. Changer of illusions, creator of none. He who always edits his posts is imprisoned in the land of water-once, now aflame.

[Edi]

Welcome.

The event you guys are discussing does not create Crown of Darkness in the province. It's flavor text, because the site causes disease. It's actually a pretty difficult site to find, only appears in mountains and is rare and lv 4 to boot.

[sum1lost]

Hey, I just recently bought dominions 3, and after two singleplayer games, would like to see how multiplayer works out. I'm fairly good at most games (For those of you who have played any games by Slitherine, we've probably battled at some point), but have never played one like this online before.

And I'm looking forwards to the chance.

[ArkkiMeisseli]

Salutations to all.

I am, obviously, ArkkiMeisseli. Arkki for short.
According to my calculations, I'm 23, but I'm not betting my head on that. My calculations suck.
And I'm from Finland. It's surprising to see so many of our kind here.

My hobbies include anime, gaming, drawing, reading, writing, pen&amp;paper RPGs, miniature gaming, computer gaming and freaking people out.

I came upon Dominions somewhere during the 2006, when a friend of mine gave me Dominions 2 which he didn't like.
Obviously, the guy is bonkers or something.

So, after playing that for a long while, I decided, earlier last month, to finally mod it a little.
After a little while of learning, I had managed to mod Caelum to include all three clans working somewhat happily together towards world domination.

Then came my copy of Dominions 3 and did the same thing, only better. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif
It was kind of depressing, for a while.

Then I just figured, what the heck, and started planning new mods for Dom3.

I guess that about sums it up for now.

[Sleet]

Happy to be here..

Longtime gamer. (over 40 years on this planet now)
Back to the days of Avalon Hill games, Squad leader, ASL, Europa, Pencil and paper, D&amp;D up to AD&amp;D 2E (then regular life took over) to name just a few. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Was looking for a new way to get strategic and tactical (still do some Ageof Wonder 2 SM) gaming fix and came across Dominion 3. Tried the demo and WOW I was hooked!

The layers and depth to this game are like a skyrise onion!

Getting my feet wet in SP and look forward to some MP someday soon.
My 4 year old son wants to try the game out too!
Cheers.
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[Kristoffer O]

&gt; My 4 year old son wants to try the game out too!

He is very welcome! Unfortunately I only know kids of less than two and a half years, and they do not fully grasp the game yet. Otherwise we could set up a kiddos tornament http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Soren]

Greetings, Friends.

I am 48 year old male. I live out in the wooded hills of the Ozarks, in the USA. I am a country doctor. I have been playing board games since the original squared map version of gettysburg. But dont be fooled by my profession or my long term wargamer status... I am barely on speaking terms with these computers. It took me several tries to log in here. I am the kind of guy who would drag you over(if you lived next door) to show me how to 'get this thing to work'.

I played dominions 2 a few times so i am not a total newbster.

I have never been the person to spend much time before a game rehearsing some killer combination of moves. My motto when it comes to gaming is to have fun and just play, although once the game starts i give it alot of thought and try hard to win.

I would like to try MP. In this game one needs to understand all the magics and mechanics to be a great player. i dont understand those things but i want to play anyway. I cheerfully accept my fate whenever it shall fall upon me.

So draft me into a game! or maybe i will just jump into one. I only hope the downloading and modding and whatever isnt so complicated that i can't do it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Caduceus]

Heya Soren, maybe we can swap country doc advice.

Let me know http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Burnsaber]

Hello, I'm 18-year old run-of-the-mill male geek from Finland (I don't like anime thought, ain't that knida odd for a modern geek?).

I got hooked up on Dominions 1, played it for 2 years. I tried to upgrade to Dominions 2, but the Demo wouldn't work on my computer so i had a small break.

Then, this spring I got a new computer and and happened to notice that Dominons 3 was already in sale! Imagine my joy when the demo rolled insanely smoothly on my computer. I said goodbye to my social life and ordered the damned thing. I'm itching to try out MP. People here seem quite mature and from what I've read on MP forums, people seem to even RP a bit when playing! It's simply freaking awesome!

The politics part of the MP also seems intresting. I simply love the Game of Thrones boardgame with its political backstabbing, I'm hoping that MP would be near it.

Anyways, enough ramblings. I gotta check if there's any open games in the MP forum.

[Sleet]

Kristoffer O said:
&gt; My 4 year old son wants to try the game out too!

He is very welcome! Unfortunately I only know kids of less than two and a half years, and they do not fully grasp the game yet. Otherwise we could set up a kiddos tornament http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



Thanks!
He will continue to watch for now, although he is having fun in the world editor. A kids tourney, they would probably come up with some awesome tactics. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[llamabeast]

I've just started a new game in the MP forum (called Chinchilla) for newish players - if any of you would like to try MP, please join!

Edit: Chinchilla's just filled up, so I've made an overspill game called SmokyBat - please sign up to that one!

[JaghataiKhan]

22 Year Old Turkish geek.

I started playing games when I was 4 years old with a Commodore 64 bought by relatives, and used the Turkish Manual to good use, changing the color of cursor, making small colorful animations etc.

At 8 years old, I had an Amiga 500, and played hundreds of games.

At 12 years old, I had my first PC, and again had limitless fun with it.

Computers are my lifeblood. As is the "Internets"...

My first REAL "strategery" game was at 9 years old, K240, a space colonization game. I learned to play it piecemeal piecemeal with a dictionary and its manual. But I succeeded, and managed to create a relatively stable economy in game and killed the first two alien races.

(I played simcity when I was 7 and played it fine enough)

K240 also granted me a basic grasp of English grammar. All Games are truly educational if they are played right and through, with the playing kid trying to learn all the words.



Since then, Strategy games are my beloved games. After all, you manage a colony/city/empire etc...

It is more fun than playing a single unrealistic hero killing hundreds of targets.

Well, until Command and Conquer came by. The damn game got so popular, but it also killed all innovation of RTS genre. Almost every damn RTS game was made in its image, being mere clones, so I lost all interest in new RTS's. I got a fancy on FRP games then, read LotR first, then Dragonlance next, Forgotten Realms all the least.They all improved my English vocabulary immensely,

Now I favor gameplay over graphics, and without further ado, came upon this gemstone of gaming.

[Humakty]

I'm some kind of a french,I'm 26, I am an 'assistant de direction' ( don't know how do you call that in engish),and I started playing dom3 only 6 months ago, a game which made me forgot civ and even the total war series.
I've seen great work on mods,bravo everyone.
Huh, should be talking of me..?

[Endoperez]

Welcome!

The word you were looking for was "assistant director".

I believe that there is an organized, French-speaking fanbase for Dominions. You are welcome to take part in discussions here, but you might also want to check out this place:
http://www.net4war.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=55

There haven't been new posts since May, but someone there can probably direct you to a more active French forum.

[Jerusaleman]

hello all

Nods to David Gemmell for my handle. I live in Cowboy Country , Western North Dakota, USA.

Been playing Dom 3 for a few months now, a few solo, a few multi-player games. Tried Dom 2's demo, but never did get it to work right on my old computer....

Anyway, I have a huge interest in History, and military history, and a solid background in Gaming as well. Dom 3 satisfies all three...

[kot23]

Hello everyone,

My name is Nick. I've been playing dominions 2 for some years and upgraded to Dom3 when it was released. I think the improvements are very good and the number of nations is... amazing!!

My favorite nation is EA Pangaea, I like the nature theme very much. When I want a solid &amp; powerful game I choose EA Neifelheim, with W9N6 bless. I also like agartha's theme a lot, because i used to play the Nephilim RPG.

I have little experience with LA nations and multiplayer, because I can't spend even MORE time for Dominions3!!

[Pratputajao]

38 Year old counselor. American (Dont hold it against me please!!) in Phoenix AZ. Have been gaming since 12 with basic pink book D&amp;D. Love stratagy and CRPGs Hate RTS MMOGs
Best games IMO- The Civ series, Master of magic (theres an old one for ya's http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif) Baldurs gate, Old gold box DnD,... stuff like that. Married to a lovely asian gal from Thailand (who unfortunately doesnt like gamein' "games are for children" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif) And am looking forward to buying Dominions 3. Greetings all!!

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

MoM fan? Welcome. Unfortunately, the last site dedicated to MoM died off a while ago. Though there are a couple of fan remakes and an unofficial rally point pushing for the production of a MoM2.

[Gandalf Parker]

There are also some "emulation" projects of MoM. I keep an eye on some and try to steer them to Shrapanel when they reach alpha stage.

[Aethyr]

Hello everyone,

I'm 46, and like most of you I've been gaming a long time--AD&amp;D, MoM, etc. I'm married with one son in his third year of college--and we're both HUGE Dominions fans (although he has not mustered up enough courage to join a MP game yet).

Dominions is a great game, and I'm happy to be playing it along with a great bunch of folks.

Peace

[Kristoffer O]

&gt; although he has not mustered up enough courage to join a MP game yet

Perhaps I should invite him in my next one http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Hadrian_II]

I just noticed that after a year on the forum, i still did not write a letter of introduction.

About me. I am 22 from bern, switzerland (i bet its nicer than most of the places you live http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif) im a student of sociology at the local university.

I am a gamer since 10 years and i play mostly RPGs (final fantasy, the bioware games and some old SNES ones) and TBS (MoM, HoMM 3, GalCiv 2 and now Dom 3). And after seeing the quality of mainstream games fall into the underworld after the year 2000 im happy that now indy companies begin to develop games that include more than nice graphics.

Sometim, i might even win my first Multiplayer game of dom 3. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[YuanShi]

Hi all,
I am Enric, a German-Spanish expat living in Hilversum, Noord-Holland.

I play Dom2 (and now Dom3) since it came out on the market (2003, 2005? can't remember).

I have used all the versions of the game, the Linux version, later the Windows version and now the Mac OS X version on my iMac.

I'm interested in on-line campaigns, specially longer ones, as IMHO the human factor, the alliances and diplomacy is what makes the difference.

I have played all races so far, but my favorites are Abysia,
Pangaea, Tien Chi and Machaka (in whatever order). Now I plan to try the new ones.

[NoPJag]

Hi all !

I'm from Belgium ! After a long wait for the game to arrive by post http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif, my game finally arrived (was a bit like waiting for your pretender god to awake ). And I have played a lot already ! Really a great game !

[PashaDawg]

Welcome! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Klauth]

Hello

Like the previous one who introduced himself here, i m from Belgium
I'm a real noob to this game (get crushed by an easy IA :/), but I find it really entertaining. I hope I'll find some advices and/or nice poeple to speek with.

[Caduceus]

We're all pretty nice, Klauth.

Welcome aboard.

[Janlm]

Hi everyone

I'm a dominions player from Denmark, I just got my hands on dominions 3 a little while ago, played dominions 2 a little before that. Now i'm here trying to find a game online. Hope to see some of you in game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Acenoid]

Just wanted to say hello!

Just ordered the game and waiting for it to arrive.

Played dom2 at a friends place several times so I don't know a lot about the game and the strategies - yet http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Saw a strategy guide for the different nations, but is there also some kind of guide on scripting your troops and general advice?

[BigandScary]

ello, I'm from Vermont. I've had dom3 for a long time and i had dom2 even longer. I can hold my own against difficult AI, but I've only ever played hotseat multiplayer and i would love to do some multi.

[Shovah32]

We don't like your kind here buddy.
On a more serious note: HI! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.
If your interested in some blitzing(fast paced games generally over in a few hours) then pop by the IRC channel(sticky above FAQs for info) - there has been atleast one today - quite possibly more.

[MolassesBuck]

Hi, from Austin TX.

Got the game a few days ago, logged in plenty of hours. My colleagues probably will recognize the music from how much I find myself humming it.

Hope to join multiplayer at some point, see y'all around.

[Caduceus]

MolassesBuck said:
see y'all around.



He's from Texas, alright. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[coobe]

Hey Molasses, welcome aboard. You should consider visiting the IRC channel for some good mp fun http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[tgbob]

Hello, another new player here. I'm from California, just got the game from the mail and can't wait to get into it.

Oh, and a quick question, is the game supposed to ship with a box? I ordered it from Amazon to take advantage of their Amazon Prime deal, and I'm hoping they didn't mess up. (I did get the cd and kickass manual though.)

[llamabeast]

Hi ThatGuyBob! And the same to the last few of you to say hello too.

Nope the game's not meant to come with a box - just a manual and CD.

By the way, when any of you fancy a go at MP (highly recommended!), I'm probably quite a good person to send a message to, since I start up games for new players from time to time.

[BigDisAwesome]

Nah, when I got it the CD and manual were just wrapped in plastic. I didn't know Amazon had it now though.

[Rainseeker]

Hello! Rainseeker here. I'm new, but a fan of the game. Hope to see you around!

[Alderanas]

Names Ben i am from Georgia. The USA. I am attending Georgia Southern university and it is my freshmen year!! This game hooked me a while ago when i found it searching for good strategy games. I love the mods for this game.

[Caduceus]

Good luck at GSU, since you are in the heart of Atlanta!

The traffic in an of itself will be an education! (I grew up on the northside of town).

Welcome.

[Xietor]

I am in New Orleans. Another Southerner! Good luck at GA. Southern.

[Sensori]

I don't think I ever introduced myself, but I've been around the forums for the last 4 or so months.

So, I'm from Finland, I picked up D3 pretty early on when it came out because I played Dominions 1 back in 2001-2002 a whole lot and had D2 (never got around to playing it online though, I used Ermor with its themes as a basis for a NationStates nation though, heehee), so buying D3 seemed kinda natural to me. Then, a lot after having actually bought the game, I figured I wanted to play it online, cuz I had liked D1 so much and it was a bummer that I had pretty much skipped D2, so I checked the forums and found you guys.

And now you're stuck with me. ;p

[Evilhomer]

Well I have been around for a few month, so now I figure it's time to post in this thread.

I'm from northern part of sweden, and I'm currently finishing the last part of my studies. I grew up playing console/computer games, always enjoyed strategy and RPG games the most. Favourite RPGs are probably Fallout series, VtM: bloodlines and Planescape:torment. Favourite strategy of all times are probably Starcraft and now dom3 as well.

I started playing dom2, but never got around to playing it in mp games. Dom3 i started blitzing several times, before I finally got the currage to sign up for one of the forum games. Favourite nations are probably those that use blood magic or are astral heavy.

[ExitJudas]

Howdy.

32 yrs old and from Aarhus, Denmark. Played quite a few dom 2 games in the day. Just picked up dom 3. hoping to convince my mates to buy the game (2 already did!), so we can get some multiplayer goodness going.

im an avid player of rpg and rts games, although the last couple of years i seem to crave more complex games. or maybe its just because the games on the pc scene have been dumbed down over the last couple of years. luckoily we have dominions!

[Zylithan]

Hi all. It's been a little while since I joined the forums, so I figured it was about time to introduce myself. Didn't mean to be unfriendly, I just wasn't sure if I'd stay.

Well, I love the community, and I love the game, so I think I'm here for a while.

I have yet to play any MP.... well, I've played 2 turns of one game just now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif so I'm obviously still learning. I'm hoping to start a team game for new players soon - send me a PM if you are interested.

Despite my ignorance I've given a few stabs at maps.

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Board=d3smm&amp;Number=552196&amp;page=0 &amp;view=collapsed&amp;sb=5&amp;o=&amp;fpart=allI
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Number=554567&amp;page=0&amp;view=collap sed&amp;sb=5&amp;o=&amp;fpart=all (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Number=554567&amp;page=0&amp;view=collap sed&amp;sb=5&amp;o=&amp;fpart=all&amp;vc=#Post554567)

and I hope to do more. I'm taking suggestions.

Anyhow, just wanted to say hi, this forum and community rocks, and I'm looking forward to hopefully not being a total dom3 fool some day.

[OoohSnap]

Hellow,

16 years old, been playing Dominions since the 1st one. Never actually thought of buying it for online play though, but I decided to change it with the new Dominions 3. It was my first online purchase and it just got delivered today! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I have yet to play MP games.

Sadly I don't think I'll be able to convince anyone from my Country (Mauritius) to play Dominions 3, they all love 3D games and won't take the effort to order it from an online store. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Jourdelune]

Hello all,

Coming from Montreal Canada, I do some JAVA distributed system programming for my living.

I had played a lot of strategy et RPG game. Switching from one to the other to change the way I play. My native language is french, but I hope to be understand in english has well. Not really easy to do, because I wish to say a lot of thing that I cannot say without the proper way to express it in english. Otherwise, I am fine with it.

I had lurk around here since June. Dominions seems to be a good game that I would surely buy soon enough.

Jourdelune

[Edi]

Welcome then! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Soonest bought is soonest playing the game. Have you tried the demo?

[Nihil]

Hello

I am from Madrid, Spain. I had never played Dominions but one day someone spoke about this game, Dominons3, in a strategy forum and I decided to give it a try...

The spanish dominions community, as far as I know, is quite small, probably due to the lack of news about this game in spanish media. But we are trying to change this. A game like this one can´t be missed.

[Edi]

Welcome. We've got people from all over the world here, but we can always use more. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Aapeli]

Well haudi folks here´s Aapeli from finland. Just found out about this forum and let me tell you all that Dominions is the best, and im not kidding here, computer game i have ever played. So big thanks for the makers of the game. Been trying for long to get my friends to play this game but they are not as exited about it as I am (wonder whats wrong whit them).

[Edi]

Welcome! And so the ranks of the Finnish horde swell! Soon we'll have total Dominion over this forum.... *cackles evilly*

Take a look around and if the FAQ or the threads on the first couple of pages don't answer your questions, feel free to ask, somebody will jump in to help you in a flash. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Endoperez]

Welcome! Nice to see other Finns. Despite what Edi, the Master of the Database, says, our numbers are few. We have just managed to get into poewrful positions. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

[tromper]

Taking a respite with regard to MP games due to recent time constraints, but am having fun reading of the travails and prevails anyway. This little community is special, so I give up:

Checking on in.

34 year old guy born and raised in Portland, OR USA (duh, eh). Was an accountant for a few years upon graduating with a BS in Finance. And yeah yeah yeah. Emphasis on BS. *belch*

Have been in a life partnership with the craziest alternative Afghan chemist of all time for a bit over a decade. She routinely punches me, screams, blames me for losing her keys, and hints at wanting to have kids.

I have two copies of The Village of Hommlet. I like Weird Al Yankovic. Have published two science fiction novels under a pseudonym. Smoke. Have not pets. Am routinely accused of being an alternative looking frat dude. And when that happens I get drunk, fall down the stairs, stand up, and forget what the accuser had said.

I also specialize in getting reamed in Dominions 3 MP, but doing so in a stylish, dapper fashion that involves me staring at the fruit basket on the top of that one Pretender's head. Which is a lot better than being a moron and playing an FPS.

WHICH I'M POSITIVE NONE OF YOU HAVE EVER DONE BECAUSE WE'RE SMART. Right? We're smart. *spilling zinfandel*

[HJFudge]

Hello, my name is Howard and Im a 24 year old American from Florida. I work part time at a movie theatre (just cause, hey, free movies) and most of my income comes from Tutoring mentally handicap individuals in various Basic Life Activities.

Anyway, thats boring stuff. I love strategic gaming even if Im not so good at it. I saw reviews for this game back in march sometime, looked around in my local game store to see if they had it, then realized I'd have to order it online. I hate ordering things online so I forgot all about it.

Recently got a little email from Stardock offering me 20% off and since I really wanted to play this game I decided I might as well order it. Ordered it Saturday, got an email it shipped this morning...so hopefully it will be here by saturday if not earlier. ERG WAITING SUCKS! Oh well.

Anyway, hope to soon be able to play with you all in MP or at least desperately seek advice on the forums for my ineptness http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[DonCorazon]

I am Mr. Hart, also known as Don Corazon. Age 34, I live in San Francisco, and work at a venture capital firm that invests in health care companies. I have to work a lot unfortunately but hopefully one day that will not be the case.

Anyway, I had messed around with the Dom II demo but was not until I got the Stardock coupon that I took the plunge with Dom III. So I am really loving the game - I plunged into several MP games and having a great time and hope to be part of the community for a long time.

See you in the game! Cheers.

[RobO]

I also got seduced by the Stardock rebate offer http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Seriously, I hadn't heard of the game before I received that promo email, tried the demo and discovered that it was my kind of game. Turn based, lots of varity, strategy and tactics, elements of roleplaying. I'm a veteran of games like Stars!, Space Empires, Heroes of Might and Magic. So I ordered the full game.

Meanwhile I'll play the demo. This is one of the few games that have a demo that can keep you occupied for a while (Railroad Tycoon 2+3 also comes to mind).

I'm 52, live in Denmark and work as a consultant helping companies improve their software development processes.

[Wolftrap]

Hello, all! I'm a 42 year-old university professor and I have been a gamer all my life. I enjoy FPS, RPG, and MMORPG games, and I'm coming to this type of a game for the first time. I'm not very proficient or successful at strategy games, but the recommendations of my colleagues led me to give this a try. My colleagues are always pushing me to join in their Dominion 3 multiplayer games, and I finally gave in.

Wow...there's so much to learn!

[MartialDoctor]

Yep, Stardock rebate offer here too. I haven't received the game yet but it should be here next week.

I'm a 28 year old living in Boulder, CO. Just graduated with a Masters in Oriental Medicine. So I do all that Acupuncture and Chinese herbology.

I play all sorts of games but lean towards the strategy types (both good RTS or turn based), FPS, and RPG.

I'm glad I ran into Dominion 3... the demo has totally sucked me in. I'm looking forward to having the full game and joining in the multiplayer games that seem fairly prevalent.

[Wokeye]

Hi,
I'm a 30yo Environmental Engineer living in Dubbo, Australia.

Just found Dom3 and loving it. I played early Warlords/Master of Magic/Civ/Total War so right at home http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Currently working on getting better at single player to get my skills up for MP, trying to convince my friends to play!

[Panpiper]

I've been playing turn based strategy games since around the age of five. They were just relatively simple board games back then, Risk, Stratego and the like. Given that I am now 48 years old, things have evolved a lot and my gaming interests have grown along side. I discovered both role playing games and war games pretty much at the same time at the age of 18, so 30 years ago. My interest quickly grew to a virtual obsession with point build design systems, an obsession which after a couple of decades has at least receded into a mere fascination.

My favorite games back then had massive rule books, binders inches thick when everything was collated. Star Fleet Battles, Advanced Squad Leader, the Europa war game series were my bread and butter, Axis and Allies was a game children played as far as I was concerned. My game boards covered ping pong tables. High Guard and Trillion Credit Squadron ate up a year and a half of my life, the Hero Games System more than that. I was a hard core gaming fanatic. It inevitably became my job where I managed a hobby game store for ten years. For those years, there was virtually no one on the planet who knew more about gaming than me.

About fifteen years ago, computer games started taking over both the market and my interest. I've never been a fan of first person shooters or real time gaming. Anything where victory requires reflexes or an intuitive recollection of a zillion esoteric key stroke shortcuts is totally out of my league. I suck at any such game. I like to think, to analyze the situation and plan strategy. I've tried online multiplayer role playing games and would be happy to enjoy them if they featured real time chat within the game client (to my knowledge, there has only been one such game released to date, and yes I enjoyed playing it). Solitary RPGs where I can move at my own pace or turn based games have always been my style. RPGs with a turn based combat resolution are among my favorites (Fallout, Jagged Alliance, etc.)

Master of Magic I adored when it first came out. I still have Master of Orion on my system and it still gets played. Civilization stole years from me. I've purchased literally hundreds of computer games over the years, played most of them for but a few weeks and then on to the next. Those that I go back to repeatedly are few and far between. I prefer games with a lot of meat to them. It has been a constant frustration to me that pen and paper games could be insanely complex, but computer games, where one can have a computer to assist with the complexity, those almost invariably have ludicrously simplistic game mechanics. I understand how market forces have driven the current domination of simplistic 'twitch' games, but I very much regret it.

I first discovered Dominions in 2004 and played Dom2 extensively. I only recently purchased Dom3 and it has again rekindled my interest. I expect Dominions is one of those games that will stay on my system to be returned to year after year. It has the level of detail and scope that I liked in the games of yore. All it is missing is a point build system for race design. But DrPraetorious is working on that and I am paying close attention.

[GunslingerV]

Hiya everyone;

Just received my copy of Dom 3 in mail today! I'm a SE, GC, HoMM, AoW, Civ series fan, and finally decided to try Dominions out -&gt; instant hook.

Time to do some extensive SP training b4 attempting MP

[Edi]

Welcome then. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
You should find the forums an excellent resource.

[Nosantee]

(^O^)/ Hajimema****e! Nosa desuu~

I am a 19 yearold student studying animation. Fear me, I forget no detail! (*smile*)
I just picked up this game so I am a new, and sadly the computer always kills me.
However! Since finding this foro I have not died so hard lately (There was many things I did not know what they did. Example: Bless, I thought it was automatic give to all troops, not just sacred who was blessed) and knowing what is really good (or bad) and should (not) be used is helpful also. (Production/Sloth Scale talk is interesting)
MP seems more good though because, unlike the PC people may not attack if you ask not to~ so I look forward to my first MP game (Be nice ^^; I die easy)
But do not be mistaken! If you hurt my beloved people living inside my country, I will yell "Shinjimae!" and see that your country will burn, and your weakly pretender has his blood boil!

Now I just must wait for the game to arrive from Amazon so that I can input a real key. (No patch and MP ability makes the game... Not as good) I'm dieing from the wait. (only 3-5 more days)

minna-san ni au no o tanoshimi ni shimasu!
PS: I am in the mIRC chat often, if needed you can find me over there.

[Beorne]

I'm 36, I have a phd on Computer science and work on Industrial software (control systems to make quality inspection usng infra-red, xray and chemical sensors). I live with my girlfriend in a town in the middle-north of Italy (between Rimini and Bologna).

I've played rpg for a life (d&amp;d, warhammer, gurps) and crpg (in particular old rpg on PC and lot of jrpg on the playstation systems). I like very much turn based strategy and fantasy, and Dominion was a wonderful found.
Non in my ever less free time I play Dom3, read (now I'm in dhe middle of Martins opera) and play board games (I have over 80 of them, from old school avalon hill to modern german boardgames). I read comics, in particular some manga (vagabond, lone wolf, blame, eden).
I liked very much seiv but I can't "get into" sev, the interface has stopped me. I don't like real time games of all sorts and fantasy miniature battles.

If you like fantasy is there in Italy a very nice festival in a wonderful medieval town, Lucca, named "Lucca comics ad gaemes".

Ci si sente sul forum,
Ciao!

[Mr_Dark]

Hi all- 37 year old Texan here. My father developed military simulations so I started gaming at an early age. Today, when I have time, I mostly hover between RPG and strategy, though I go for long periods without gaming sometimes. However, I know my job will have me traveling for the next two years, and Dominions is perfect for a business laptop and long layovers.

In real life I play a level 5 Earth / 2 Water geologist, and spend my time exploring for a major oil company. Most recently I got to drive a robot around at the edge of the continental shelf, mapping a submarine canyon. There were no aboleths, but we're still reviewing the sonar data for the Basalt City...

[CUnknown]

That sounds like a cool job, Mr. Dark. Except for the part about going long periods without gaming sometimes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Mr_Dark]

Actually, it is a really cool job. Evil, very evil, but cool. As for the lack of game time, I think I blame that on the family more than the job - which is pretty 9-5ish.

So, question - this game looks easily moddable. Last night I built a map file for Zen's Europe map with the 'historical' start locations (Ermor in Rome, C'tis in Egypt, Van in Norway, etc.) I'm play-testing now to see if the balance is right (and learning how the game works). Is this the sort of thing people are interested in? I'm not much of an artist, but text file modding I can do...

And thanks for the welcome!

[KermNelson]

Hi folks,
I've been a member for a while but obviously not very active. I tend to research a game I'm interested in and then "explore" play it while looking into the game files and enjoying interacting with the game itself. Bartles test helped me recognize my desires in and with gaming. I explore so don't expect me to go multiplayer unless I feel really sociable and don't mind getting thumped.

I started serious gaming in HS during the early '70s. I played chess and a member of our HS team brought a copy of S&amp;T's USN which we mostly looked at but this got me to subscribe to S&amp;T (Strategy &amp; Tactics) for several years. In college I not only played Napoleonic minatures (Column, Line &amp; Square: 25mm) but when in Army ROTC went to Jump school and learned D&amp;D with the small boxed set and the AD&amp;D Players Manual that had just come out. The army when at Ft Bragg decided to train me on the Apple II+ in the very early '80s and I bought one of the first Macs in Feb or Mar '84. I had games on both my Apple II+ and Mac but eventually surrendered to PC popularity and moved on to PCs &amp; their games. I've MMO'd EQ, AC, &amp; SWG. I tend to play MMOs to explore but I will group with friends. I've explored (dissected?) games from the start looking at hexcode all the time. I've bought Austerlitz &amp; SE IV here and I am looking at Dom 3. I've got a lot of Strategy First, Paradox, and Total War games and have enjoyed editing them. I'm not dedicated enough to really 'mod' a game but enjoy exploring the mods other players have made.

I'm 'here' to see if Dom 3 is interesting enough for this explorer. I don't like suffering through tough learning curves so I like to quickly learn to edit a game so I can stumble along enjoying the very weak competition while I see how the game plays. If I can't hexedit or find tools to allow me to stumble along easily I probably won't buy Dom 3. But I'm willing to put a fair amount of time into puzzling through game structure and editing to enable me to roll along in game.

[Panpiper]

KermNelson, you sound a lot like me. You will definitely enjoy Dominions 3.

[llamabeast]

KermNelson, you can make Dominions as easy as you like if you want to. The AI on Easy is not too tough, but you can make it even easier by playing on a large map, doing a super-simple map change to give yourself extra gold, etc..

[KermNelson]

Thanks for the welcome Panpiper, details?

llamabeast ... is that with included tools or something from the modders forum. I've been searching and reading some of the posts with 'editor' and other mod tools.

Recommendations?

Thanks again!

[llamabeast]

Well, the maps and also mods are just plain text files (the maps actually consist of one image file, with a pure white pixel for each province to tell the game where they're located, and one text file), so the only tool you need is a text editor. The game comes with PDF modding/mapping manuals, and while they're now slightly out of date there is lots of help in the modding forum.

It is all astonishingly doable actually - it's really quite a moddable game.

[KermNelson]

Thanks llamabeast ... I like text based files because I don't have to do as much guesswork in hex. I've pretty much decided to 'jump' in with a online order. Sounds like I won't be able to patch until I get the hardcopy???. I was hoping that something like a province editor would allow me to really cheese my starting province to eliminate my frustration while stumbling around learning the game.

Panpiper ... heh heh I went looking for your intro. Unfortunately I didn't use my head and start looking from page 30 backwards. So after several hours today of reading everyones introduction from page 1, I found yours on page 30. There seems to be a few of us near 50 somethings. Lots of D&amp;Ders, strategy boardgamers, and early computer users.

I also like the multi-national community here(one of the great pluses of internet/online gaming). Now I need to go find my coupon from Shrapnel and my credit card.

Thanks !!!

[KermNelson]

Hmmm,
"I'm sooo confused." http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif
Somewhere I got the impression I could d/l the full game once I bought a copy from GamersFront. Oh well it looks like I will wait for snail mail. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

At least I can play the demo !!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Hey llamabeast can I get away with editing the demo to cheese my gold, base resources, et al ?

[Endoperez]

KermNelson said:
Hey llamabeast can I get away with editing the demo to cheese my gold, base resources, et al ?



If you play on a large map, just one enemy and increase the gold/resource/supply multiples (and magic site chance) you'll get more stuff. Independents won't benefit from it, so for most of the time you can play around as much as you like. Once you meet your enemy you could be in trouble, or you might have your full game already.

[KermNelson]

Hi Endoperez,

Yeah I've been trying odds &amp; ends in hexediting and I think I'll add some text commands to a map file duplicate.

I did one small map 1v1 and found I had one province between me and Ulm with lots of useless plains and water around. Large map sounds good ... after I tinker with some map commands on a duplicate of the small map I may move one to bigger and better things. I've spent some time looking in Map &amp; Mod subsection with "Editor" as my search criteria. Found lots of stuff for 3.10 but most is probably questionable on the demo while I wait for snail mail to get here during the Christmas season. (I am too tight on cash to buy high price delivery.) Since I'm bored I wouldn't mind suggestions on modding the demo if that is an allowed topic since there should be legitimate concern on expanding the 'free' demo too much. Maybe our Illwinter guys have that covered - let me know what policy or even 'good' advice is on whether tinkering with demo is taboo.

Thanks!

[Lord_Neko]

Hey everyone,
I'm new to these forums and to Dom 3. So far I am liking the game. I am a fan of 4x games so Dom 3 is an amazing game in that regard. Strategy games in general is one of my favorite genres for gaming. And yes, I plan to contribute to the modding community here as well.

[FedSlayer]

Heya!!! Been SPing and am trying a little MP Dom3 over the last month or so. It's begining to look like either a lifestyle change or an addiction.

Good to see so many different countries represented on this forum, and this looks like a respectable crowd, well until now anyway.

Like KermWilson I began war gaming in high school in the 1970's (and done some role playing along the way). In my case it started with Avalon Hill's Panzer Blitz and Luftwaffe.

[Caduceus]

Welcome Lord_Neko and FedSlayer!

[KermNelson]

Hi Lord_Neko &amp; Fed Slayer,

I've got ol' PanzerBlitz around here somewhere ... I picked up a lot of ASL too but never used it much (I even have AH's Rail Baron which the family likes to play occasionally.) I've been enjoying full Dom3 (3.10) did two all nighters over the weekend (I'm getting too old for those.) Been mapping away but I've not touched the mod files yet.

Merry after Christmas!

[hEad]

Hi all - a pleasure to be here!

I, for the life of me, have no idea how i managed to overlook this fine game. On a random whim i downloaded the exceptionally generous demo; needless to say i am totally blown away! I have placed my order and waiting patiently for it to arrive.

Looking forward to getting involved with the multiplayer aspects of Dom3 - and that is saying something, seeing as i generally shy away from multi play. I can really see the possibilities of this game. In a way it reminds me of the old play by mail games of old, you know the ones? used to see the ads for them in Dragon magazine and the like.

Anyways here's to you and i must remark on the great community here - this last week i have read the forum front to back, top stuff!

[Edi]

Welcome!


hEad said:
Anyways here's to you and i must remark on the great community here - this last week i have read the forum front to back, top stuff!


*counts*

All 84 pages?

Umm, sleep, eat, work, go to school or anything else while you were at it? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[hEad]

Edi said:
Welcome!

All 84 pages?

Umm, sleep, eat, work, go to school or anything else while you were at it? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif



Well, i didn't read absolutely every thread.. but yeah, does make me sound like a capital no life geek. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif

[Kalash]

Hi All,

I just ordered dominions 3 yesterday.

I'm 24, from Belgium, working for a car manufacturing company.

Regarding video games I've always been attracted by strategy/tactical games... but with time I'm moving to turn based games... (my brain is getting to slow for str :p).
Actually this is not only for video games since I spent lot of time playing (but mainly painting and building army list :d) warhammer fantasy battle and 40k when I was teenager.

I also did some AAR for a game not really much know but really deep : supreme ruler 2010

I also like big story games like... the final fantasy serie (mainly the old ones... and the 7), Mass effect, Bioshock etc...


To close my description I'll simply list some of the games that I really enjoyed and that, I think were good of innovative.

Final fantasy (3, 5, 7), Secret of mana, Starcraft 1 (edit: indeed... thanks :d), Age of Empire, Warcraft 2, Supreme Ruler 2010, Fire Emblem, Civilization, Galactic Civilization, Fallout 2, Mass Effect, Hearts Of Iron, Fantasy general, Marie Bros, Command and Conquer, ... and all the ones I forgot !

Hope to see you in a coming MP game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Endoperez]

Welcome! I'd suggest editing the 2 out of "Starcraft 2", as otherwise you'll get lots of korny welcomes about you being a visitor from the future or some such. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Agrajag]

Edi said:
Welcome!


hEad said:
Anyways here's to you and i must remark on the great community here - this last week i have read the forum front to back, top stuff!


*counts*

All 84 pages?

Umm, sleep, eat, work, go to school or anything else while you were at it? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif



Hehe, I didn't read every page on the forum, but I have to admit I can relate to him, among other things I:
1) Read the entire archive of ~15 different webcomics, from back when the comic started and up to the current days. (And now I just check them daily.)
2) Read the entire (409 pages long) archive of bash.org (and am still checking for updates regularly.)
3) Read most of the archive of straightdope.com (and am still checking for updates regularly.)
4) Am in the middle of reading the entire archive of thedailywtf.com (going from today and backwards. I only got to March 2007 so far, but I only started yesterday.)

I also read the entire Dom3 manual http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif (except for the spell lists of course)

[llamabeast]

Agrajag, you just made me waste loads of time reading bash.org. I'd not heard of it before - have to say, it is pretty funny. Reading all 409 pages is quite impressive though! So far I've only read 1.

Edit: 2

[theenemy]

Hi there!
I've been hanging around on this forum for a while so it's about time I make a proper introduction.
I'm currently 16 years old and live in Sweden. Not Swedish by nationality but have lived here since I was 7.
I have been a gamer since my dad brought me a Nintendo 64 with the game Wipeout. Since then I have played quite a lot of games, my favorite genres have to be strategy and platform. I specially enjoy turn-based strategy games and have played Age of Wonders 2(which I didn't enjoy),most of the Heroes of Might and Magic series and Disciples 2(one of my favorite games actually) amongst others.
Other interests of mine are art(mostly comics and fantasy-based art, but hey; it's still art), literature(mostly fantasy, but hey; it's still
literature), music, history and drawing.
Oh, and I also hate sports... except for ping-pong, that sport rules. But other than that I hate sports.
Well, that's about it I guess.

[Kristoffer O]

Hi theenemy. Sounds like you have a prosperous future. You have all the right interests and you live in Sweden http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[theenemy]

Japp, framtiden är så utstakad som den kan bli http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[meister_miagi]

Hi! My name is Florian I'm 29 years old and I live in Trier, Germany. I've been playing Dom since Dominions II and I've had Dom3 since it came out but I only really got into it just recently. So I joined the Forums and have started playing my first multiplayer games which is a lot of fun. Before that I played some network games with my brother, who is also on this forum as rasko.

I've always liked Role-Playing games and that's probably my favorite aspect of Dominions. I also like good Real Time strategy games like Age of Empires 3. My favorite game that came out recently is Mass Effect, but I don't really have time to play a lot besides Dominions nowadays. Besides PC games I like to play board games, my favorite one right now is Twilight Struggle even though that can be really frustrating! I'm also into movies and music and some other stuff!
Hope to see meet some of you in MP games and in the forum!

[otthegreat]

Well hi,
I'm from Vermont USA. Big And Scary introduced me to DomII and I've been hooked since. I've finished my first multiplayer game. I just started looking through the forums (other than multiplayer) recently which is why I'm a little late introducing myself.

See you all around!

[Seve82]

Im from Finland. Currently 25yrs studying in Oulu Polytech. Started playing dom3 only recently and finding this game to be good killer of all available time. Strategy games have always been close to my heart so dom3 was quite natural choice fer me.

Gona get some sp experience b4 getting beaten by veterans on pbem games.

[MetropolisMan]

Hi everyone! I'm a 43-year-old stay-at-home dad with a wonderful wife and 3 great daughters — the youngest, Claire, is just 2 1/2, so she's my primary job. We're in Bloomington, IL, USA.

Most of my free time the last 2 years has been totally absorbed into Diablo, specifically, the Eastern Sun mod. In fact, I am still a moderator for that forum and have run over a dozen different Eastern Sun tournaments over the last 2 years.

I'll be bowing out of Diablo and my Eastern Sun moderator duties very soon. I'm looking for something new and exciting. I just ordered D3 this morning from Inside Mac Games and I'm very excited to dive into it.

I know the learning curve is steep with this game, so be prepared for plenty of questions...

Talk to you soon.

Metro

PS — DominionsFan, I see you're a fan of martial arts. I am too, though I don't practice any forms myself. I'm really enjoying the new TV series Fight Quest.

[Folket]

MetropolisMan, I think DominionsFan left us a year ago.

But from the rest of us I wish you a nice stay at our forum and do not be shy at asking questions. People are very nice unless it is questions regarding piratecopied games.

[Shmonk]

Welcome MetropolisFan. Wow, I was born in Bloomington, IL, lived in Normal until I was 14 (I'm 39 now living in CA). It's good to see people from my hometown here. I still have family back there, lots of them.

You'll enjoy this game, trust me. While I don't play it often enough it's still quite amazing, I learn something new all the time.

Shmonk

[MetropolisMan]

Hey, Shmonk — that's awesome. It's a small world, isn't it? My wife is an attorney for Country Companies, so you probably know exactly where that is.

I finally received D3 in the mail yesterday and promptly patched up, so hopefully if I have some spare time this weekend I can dive into the Tutorial and manual.

[Raymo]

Hi DominionsFan,

I'm new to the Dominions series, but not new to gaming. I like playing turn-based strategy and especially games with interesting concepts (rules and designs that focus more on the effects of conditions in a battle and less on the mechanics involved).

I am 43 and live in Germany. I have been playing strategy games since I was a teenager and mostly of the boardgame variety, but like so many others switched to the computer as soon as I got tired of stacking (and restacking) counters. I have recently been playing the GalCiv series from Paradox/Stardock. I highly rcommend it if you like space-based strategy.

BTW I'm a big-time Michigan Fan --- Go Blue!

Thx for the thread.

---Ray

[Folket]

I like Paradox games, but are they really in the galciv development. Never heard such a rumour before. And then DimionsFan seems to know all the new people coming here but is long gone himself. I smell a conspiracy.

Hello Raymo! Welcome to our forum.

How do you mean more focus in effects then mechanics? Sounds like the same to me.

For boardgames may I suggest Imperial. Look at www.worldofboardgames.com (http://www.worldofboardgames.com) or gamegeek. Really interesting game. To give more favour to the game see the movie The Money Masters (google videos) before playing. But then I guess you are more into the heavy stuff like OCS or WiF. Can only play one game a year if playing them. But they can be really fun.

If it was less then ten years ago you switched to computers you might like Master of Orion. Probably the best game made so far for single player. Take a look at http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?gameid=688 .

[Raymo]

Hello Folket,

what I meant by 'focus on the effects as opposed to te mechanics involved' was the use of abstract rules constructs or a creative sequence of play/events to lead players into playing under the same pressures and with same motives as the actual commanders involved in the battles.

So many complex games, it seems, are laden with a lot of detailed machanics that cause us players to get lost in counting factors and calculating modifiers. I like to be able to see a game design that creates the effect in a simple straightforward way for me without being confronted witha fifteen phased turn.

I used to really enjoy, for example, reading the old Third Reich design notes where they would explain why Air/Naval Factor limit on Malta caused the Germans not to be able to deploy more than one 4-6 Armor to Libya. It was simpl, abstract, but still on target.

It seems like in Germany alot of games get designed that way too.

Regards,

---Ray

[Folket]

That sounds very reasonable. But remember that Dominions have like 20 phases, but you will not notice them to much as a beginner since you plan for them all at the same time.

[Ylvali]

Well hello.

Nice to be here.

[Caduceus]

Hi Ylvali!

[Holy_bricklayer]

Hi everyone, here an other dominion addicted, i've started two weeks ago, so i'm very very late in my work ( approximatively, two weeks late ^^ ), but i can't wait for my first MP game ^^

I've 28, i'm graphist and french, and you know how awfully we speak english, so now read that message with that unique and so crapy accent that we have and i shouldn't wait too long to find players who want to exterminate me soon XD

Thanks to the dev' too for making such great game running under linux !
And thanks for all those precious informations present here.

See ya o/

[Edi]

Welcome. Never mind the accent. So long as we understand what you're saying, it's all good.

[Krec]

I am Krec, a wargaming player for years , i also enjoy playin fantasy TB games. Played Homm for years along with AOWSM. I must say this is one heck of a game. i got hooked by the demo. I have enrolled in a couple of mp games to help hone my skills. See you on the battlefield.

Krec

[theenemy]

Hi Krec!

Well, I'm not to highly ranked on these forums http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif but I just wanted to say that I salute you(and all the new guys around here). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Arcaani]

Hi everybody! ^_^

T(oo)L(ong); D(idn't)R(ead) version at the very end.

Arcaani may not be my name, but it is, among other things (Arcanus, Eirik, Bottle(!), other "wierd" (weird) stuff), what I am called on the internets.

I'm a not-so-long-time-player and forum-lurker, slightly-shorter-time-legitimate-Dom3-buyer, and I generally love halfway-RTS games (Rome:Total War and the mod Europa Barbarorum, CivIV, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 4 (on the SNES), etc), though all most good games get plenty of playtime in my house. And yes, I did kind of download the full version of Dominions 3 before deciding to buy it.

My first encounter with Dominions 3 (and the Dominions series in general) was through a foreign exchange student (and eventually (luckily), friend) from the Philippines. I was playing on his computer at the time, and I didn't really get it. I played as Ermor, mostly because I enjoy studying Roman culture, but I didn't really "get it". Looking back, that may have been because the learning curve is a bit steep... or because Ermor/the Roman Republic relies on more than its Hastati and Triarii in this game (Undead! "Top notch, wot wot wot, my gel?" (a cookie if you can put the reference in context. And it isn't a verbatim transcript))... or perhaps because I just didn't have enough time. I can't even remember which kind of Pretender I used.

Nevertheless, roughly a month or so ago I... acquired the game. Yes, I did download it. Sorry. I don't endorse "piracy" (though I do endorse piracy! Arrrr)... Don't kill me. &lt;_&lt; I did end up buying it... That makes it okay... right? Anyway, I fired it up. It was great. I can't quite recall which faction I played as first, but it didn't take long before I started a game on that 221-tile map as an Allfather (called lsildur. I was unable to use capital letters, so I had to choose something that started with an I. Because small L's look like capital i's) of the Vanheim (I live in Norway, so I found them and their mythos rather irresistible). It rocked. I still haven't finished that game, and I never will http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif . "Moar" on that soon.

I got my copy of the game today. I ordered it a week ago. It takes roughly a month to receive books from Amazon.com (Not an endorsement, don't kill me). It took a week for you guys to get it all the way to Norway. Epic wins and free internets for all.

And it just "feels" great. I installed patch 3.14 and I'm currently browsing the manual (this thing is BIG! ^___^ I mean, I though the AoE2 manual was good. This thing is equally interesting... and it's sooo big too! Q(^_^Q) ) and running the tutorial. I'm learning some things I didn't know before (F1 is your friend mid-through-late-game), and it contains valuable tips on kicking *** and takings names in Dom3 in general.

Anyway. I hope to be a productive member of this community - at the very least, I won't incite rebellion (wut?). It's been a pleasure writing this. It won't be a pleasure reading. But that's what you get for trying to accumulate knowledge! ^_^ Have a good day.

TL;DR: Hai guise! Amovi, amavi, emi. Evidently that means "I took/stole [downloaded illegally - Don't hurt me]. I liked. I bought.". And that's the story of Dom3 and me.

[Saulot]

I think it's established on this forum that we like ninjas.

[Kristoffer O]

I think this is the time to show a real ninja.

http://ulm.illwinter.com/larp.jpg

[Saulot]

There are actually twelve ninjas in that pic.

[llamabeast]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Donny]

Hi, everyone!
This is Donny, new to the game.
I'm a college student in Chicago.
I'm from China, so I love T'ien Chi a lot. :-)

[Dedas]

My God! I hope I can't find you in that picture, Kristoffer. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Dedas]

Donny said:
Hi, everyone!
This is Donny, new to the game.
I'm a college student in Chicago.
I'm from China, so I love T'ien Chi a lot. :-)



Obviously! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Hi and welcome, Donny!

I hope you will have a good time.

[Kristoffer O]

Dedas said:
My God! I hope I can't find you in that picture, Kristoffer. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



Unfortunately not http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I can't stop laughing when I see it. They are just great. The barbarian with wellington boots http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif And then there's the ninja, looking ..., well, just looking.

[vfb]

They're all wearing wellington boots! (I think.) It's the undies on the barbarian that kills me. Wellington boots and underpants. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Classic!